Tribal membership is even stricter than copyright or patent, and for the same reasons, because scoundrels want to profit, usually financially, from pretending membership and ownership.
So what Warren has done is much like pirating a copy of Windows, changing its logo on the opening screen, removing all its copy protection, saying that it is your software, and selling it for a fraction of the price.
Microsoft, or in this case, the Cherokee tribe, may have a little problem with this.
“Microsoft, or in this case, the Cherokee tribe, may have a little problem with this.”
Or they might figure that it’s in their best interests to go along with it since they would be in a position to blackmail a US Senator.