However, its claim to sovereign status is disputed by some scholars.

Acceptance of such restraints does not imply loss of sovereign status by individual states.

Indian sovereign status was reflected, then and now, through a legal instrument referred to as a "treaty."

They granted the Maroons sovereign status and trade rights in their inland territories.

In effect, Garcia established the idea that states lack any independent sovereign status immune to the intrusions of the national Government.

A 2014 referendum will decide whether or not the territory will achieve sovereign status.

The treaty recognized the sovereign status of the Navajo and was a legal compact between two sovereign nations.

There are differing opinions as to whether a claim to sovereign status has been recognized.

Even taking into account the Order's ambassadorial diplomatic status among many nations, a claim to sovereign status is sometimes rejected.

The Mohawk established a "permanent nonreservation settlement" and claimed sovereign status.