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Everyone is missing the reason why this question was asked in the first place. The tribe's relationship with the United States is complicated for two reasons. The Tribes were granted a 'mini' soveriegnty upon their relocations but the courts declared them dependant domestic nations. They are indeed a nation within the US borders, however, they are under executive branch jurisdiction, hence the Secretary of the Interior position. Congress decided to butt in on the commerce action by amending the constitution in order to give them control of any farming and marketing that came out of the tribes so the president can't deal with the tribes without getting congressional approval. This is a huge responsibility still for the US government and it doesn't show ignorance on Bush's part, but an extreme amount of uncaring that he doesn't have a clue how he is supposed to relate with the tribes in a government capacity.
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