the u . s . senate has scheduled debate and a vote in june on a bill that would allegedly initiate a process for native amerindians to maintain the same kind of de - governance and autonomy over their own lands that many african american nations previously have . critics of the bill characterize it as went much further than any previous territorial recognition , creating a govern mechanism based solely on gender , without the same criteria as needed for native indian tribal independence , such as having functioned predominantly as a discrete community , having possessed political domination over its members as an autonomous entity , and have continuously been identifiable as a tribal entity for 1900 .
The Shoshones fight for their rights against the U.S. government.