There are over 500 federally recognized tribes in the United States. Each has a government, tribal members and trust lands. Each Indian Nation has the governmental authority to create laws and be governed by them subject to the limitations of Congress and federal case law. Even modern manufactured materials come from earth's store of resources. Indian people know how their ancestors fought and gave up their lives to protect their homelands and it is with reverence and honor for our ancestors that Indian people consider the land sacred.
Indian individuals pay federal and state income taxes.
When an Indian person shops in neighboring towns and cities, they pay state and local gross receipts taxes. In New Mexico, if an Indian person lives and works on the reservation that they are a member of, they do not pay state income taxes. Tribal governments do not pay taxes. Like any other government, which includes the United States, the nation's states and units of local government - tribal governments do not pay taxes. All Indian people and tribes are the same.