Though the US recognizes tribal nations as sovereign entities with the inherent authority to govern themselves, the reality is much more complicated.
This story originally ran on May 22, 2022. It has been updated to reflect that Roe v. Wade has since been overturned.
With Roe v. Wade now overturned, tribal lands are again coming up in conversations on social media and elsewhere as potential safe havens for those seeking abortions. In Oklahoma, which has enacted some of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt previously warned Indigenous tribes against setting up abortion clinics on their lands -- comments that the Cherokee Nation, the largest tribe in the state, referred to as irresponsible speculation and an attack on tribal sovereignty.
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