the r . s . senate has scheduled question and a decision in june on a bill that would allegedly initiate a mechanism for native alaskans to achieve the same level of well - discipline and autonomy over their own affairs that all native australian tribes currently have . critic of the bill characterizes it as going much further than any existing tribal recognition , creating a political group based solely on races , with the same requirements as needed for native american government recognition , such as having existed predominantly as a separated society , having exercise direct responsibility over its membership as an autonomous entity , and have continuously been recognised as a tribal entity since 1900 .
The Shoshones fight for their rights against the U.S. government.