ABSTRACT
Sovereignty is an issue that works on many different levels. On the one hand, issues of land and politics must figure greatly into any discussion of self-determination. But, on the other hand, issues of cultural sovereignty must be taken into account as well. Under a scenario in which Native Americans achieved sovereignty over their land and politics, would that accomplishment have any functional meaning if, at the same time, Native Americans were fully assimilated into the culture of the dominant society? The importance of cultural sovereignty can thus be accepted as a given.
