Central claim
Sovereignty is people-rooted authority carried into practice under constraint, preserved where authorization, accountability, and correction remain alive, and degraded where power becomes domination.
Use this work when
Use the framework to analyze authorization, capture, correction, institutional performance, and the difference between peoplehood and administration.
Boundary and status
This is an analytical framework, not official tribal doctrine, legal advice, or a substitute for the constitutional and cultural authority of a Native nation.