Texas Tribes to Supreme Court: Sovereignty Means B-I-N-G-O

Backed by top-tier advocates, two Native American tribes in Texas will be urging the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow them to restore their sovereign immunity and permit certain gaming such as bingo on tribal land.

“The tribes have fought for decades for the right to conduct their own affairs consistent with the Restoration Act and their federally recognized sovereign status, and to manage their tribes in the best interests of their members,” wrote Brant Martin, partner of Wick Phillips in Austin, in his petition to the court on behalf of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe. The case is titled Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas.