The international concept of nationhood and its attendant sovereignty can be generalized in the language of Montoya v. United States, 180 U.S. 261. In summary, Montoya, supra, specifies that a Nation is a group of people with an organized society in a geographic area bound by common language and customs. Such is in accord with classical definitions.(1) The various Indian tribes quite clearly satisfy such conditions of nationhood. Internally, each had an identifiable language, culture, and social organization. The geographic extent of their dominion was recognized by their neighbors. They had the capacity to govern themselves, to make war, to establish peace, and to form alliances with other nations........American Indian Policy Center
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