INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION RESOLUTION 01-ANA-BOD-04-07-24 TITLE: Calling Upon Congress To Promote Tax Equity And Fairness For Indian Tribes And Parity With State And Local Governments WHEREAS , the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) is an intertribal association of 184 federally recognized Native Sovereign Nations established to support Indian gaming and defend Indian sovereignty; and WHEREAS , Native Sovereign Nations are sovereigns that pre-date the United States, with prior and treaty protected rights to self-government and to our Indian lands, and WHEREAS , Native Sovereign Nations predate the United States and are independent sovereigns vested with complete and inherent authority over our lands and our citizens; and WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States, through the Treaty, Commerce, and Apportionment Clauses and the 14 th Amendment, recognizes the sovereign status of Indian Tribes as Native nations established prior to the United States; and WHEREAS , from the first days of the American Republic, the United States entered into treaties with Native Sovereign Nations on a government-to-government basis recognizing tribal homelands and rights of self-government; and WHEREAS , the Constitution establishes treaties as an essential part of the Supreme Law of the Land and recognizes Native Sovereign Nations as sovereigns with the power to make treaties on a nation-to-nation basis; and WHEREAS , the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (the “IGRA”) acknowledged and confirmed the inherent sovereign powers of Native Sovereign Nations Governments; and WHEREAS , in the modern Indian Self-Determination Era, Congress committed to support and assist tribal nations to develop strong, stable tribal governments to administer quality programs and develop tribal economies; WHEREAS , Native Sovereign Nations’ priorities must be included in federal tax policy because under the Internal Revenue Code, Native Sovereign Nations are left without many of the benefits, incentives, and protections provided to state and local governments, and this inequity significantly handicaps their authority to provide much needed government revenue for tribal programs and prevents economic growth on tribal lands; and WHEREAS , Congress and the Administration had the opportunity to address these inequities when it considered and passed the first major overhaul of the Internal Revenue Code in three decades; and
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