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[Non-Seq] No, it recognizes them as 'domestic dependent nations', a quasi-sovereign status which means that they exercise control over their reservations but have no international legal status.

How is it that the Indian tribes can issue passports and tribal members can travel internationally using said passports?

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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Finalists for American Indian awards announced

The first-ever American Indian tribally operated eagle sanctuary that helps meet a pueblo's religious and ceremonial needs, an internationally recognized Native American lacrosse team whose members travel abroad using passports issued by their Indian nation, and a tribal wellness program that prevents and combats diabetes are among the 16 finalists in the University's American Indian tribal governance awards program for the year 2002.

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How is it that the Indian tribes can issue passports and tribal members can travel internationally using said passports?

Foreign countries can accept a cereal boxtop as a passport, if their laws allow. However the U.S. government does not recognize Indian-issued passports as legal.

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several tribes issue car LICENSE PLATES. all the states that i know of recognise them.

i'm trying to get our tribe to issue me "ham radio plates" for my truck.

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