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1998: Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v Manufacturing Technologies

An Indian tribe is entitled to sovereign immunity from suit on a promissory note even if it is signed off of the reservation. An Indian tribe's immunity follows the tribe not the reservation lands. While the Supreme Court drew the bounds of tribal immunity it also noted that Congress can alter its limits through explicit legislation.

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