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{{see also|State constitution (United States)|Home Rule in the United States|Municipal corporation}}

[[File:Forthallindancasiono2007.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|Fort Hall Indian Casino, [[Idaho]]. Gambling is allowed within [[IndigenousNative peoplesAmericans ofin the AmericasUnited States|Native American]] reservation lands while illegal on non-reservation land geographically in the same state.]]

In the United States the federal government and state governments are sovereign. As Native American tribes and the governments they formed pre-date the formation of the United States, their legal position as sovereigns co-exists alongside the individual states and the Federal government. The legal relationships with [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes and their government structures are the jurisdiction of [[United States Congress|Congress]]. This relationship is unique to each of the more than 500 tribes and also involves International Treaties between various tribes and Spain, Great Britain, and the eventual United States.