Article: Native Americans Fear Supreme Court as Threat to Tribal Sovereignty.

By Jim Adams, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 14--WASHINGTON--Passers-by stopped in surprise at the array of tribal regalia on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court during the Oct. 7 Sovereignty Run rally, but it made a serious point. In a dramatic change from the past, Indian country now fears that the biggest threat to its progress comes from the nation's highest court.

The rally brought representatives of 50 native nations, including Alaskans, Hawaiians and Taino from Puerto Rico, together with legal scholars, leaders of the National Congress of American Indians and Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle ...

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