Does the Commissioner of Indian Affairs have any authority or authority to sue an Indian tribe?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People ex rel. Owen v. Miami Nation Enters., 2 Cal.5th 222, 211 Cal.Rptr.3d 837, 386 P.3d 357 (Cal. 2016):

As the Commissioner acknowledges, tribal sovereignty "differs from state sovereignty in important respects." Unlike the states, which have consented to suit by other states (Alden v. Maine (1999) 527 U.S. 706, 755, 119 S.Ct. 2240, 144 L.Ed.2d 636 ), tribes have never agreed to so limit their sovereign immunity. The high court has "repeatedly held that Indian tribes enjoy immunity against suits by States, [citation], as it would be absurd to

[2 Cal.5th 241]

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