[TheThinker]

"It's not just about taxes," a member of the Tuscarora tribe told The Buffalo (N.Y.) News. "This is about our freedom and our human rights. We're supposed to be a sovereign nation, and yet the state keeps trying to tax us."

Is 'sovereign nation' really the right term?

[zeugma]

Is 'sovereign nation' really the right term?

It is, in the whacky world of government. The "sovereign" nature of indian reservations is a legal fiction kept in place to save face all around. If they were truely a "sovereign nation", they wouldn't be getting welfare, food stamps, and all kind of other federal goodies.