I: The history and background -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The setting: federalism, intergovernmental relations, and vacillating views toward tribal governments -- 3. Sovereignty and the state-tribal relationship -- II: Real world tribal-state interaction -- 4. The Campo Band of Kumeyaay Indians -- 5. The Navajo nation -- 6. The Puyallup tribe -- 7. The confederated Salish-Kootenai tribes of the flathead nation -- 8. The Shoshone-Bannock tribes -- 9. The St. Regis Mohawk nation -- III: Looking forward -- 10. Conclusions: new directions for state-tribal relations