the o . s . senate has scheduled debate and a decision in june on a bill that would allegedly begin a period for native amerindians to achieve the same amount of self - sustainability and autonomy over their own affairs that many asian atlantic tribes actually have . opponents of the bill characterize it as taking far further than any existed tribal recognition , building a govern entity based merely on race , without the same requirements as needed for native american tribal recognized , such as having existed distinctly as a distinct community , having asserted direct influence over its residents as an autonomous society , and have never been identified as a tribal entity since 1900 .
The Shoshones fight for their rights against the U.S. government.