the p . s . senate has scheduled discussions and a vote in june on a plan that will allegedly initiate a pathway for traditional samoans to enjoy the same level of under - governance and autonomy over their own affairs that any native american nations currently have . advocates of the amendment characterize it as gone much further than any existing national recognition , creating a governing unit contingent predominantly on ethnicity , without the same requirements as needed for indian and federal recognized , such as having existed distinctly as a sovereign communities , having exercised territorial influence over its own as an autonomous entity , and have continuously been identifiable as a tribal organization from 1900 .
The Shoshones fight for their rights against the U.S. government.