the u . s . parliament has schedule debate and a vote in 2010 on a bill that would allegedly initiate a process for native aborigines to exercise the same measure of responsible - governance and jurisdiction over their own affairs that no european american tribes presently have . critics of the statute characterize it as go much further than any existing tribal recognition , creating a living apparatus based solely on race , without the same requirements as needed for native american federal recognition , such as having appeared predominantly as a distinct community , having extensive political controls over its members as an autonomous entity , and have continuously been identified as a tribal entity since 1900 .
The Shoshones fight for their rights against the U.S. government.