It's the right of the Cherokee Nation to decide on their own.

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"Tribal sovereignty is the right to self-governance. It is essentially the right to decide issues which effect the good of the population; to design and implement programs in response to specific needs of the population; and, to establish goals for the improvement of the organization's ability to achieve program objectives. Self-governance is a federal "Indian policy" established by law in 1989 as a way to promote tribal self-sufficiency. The Cherokee Nation entered into its first Self-governance agreement with the United States under the new law in 1990."

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