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Re:Tesla opens a center on Native American land, selling car... by beambot on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:55AM (#28520773)
Can tribes create embassies? This sounds like a great boon to tribal economies: Buy land, turn into embassy (sovereign land), lease building to Tesla for dealership, profit.
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Re:Tesla opens a center on Native American land, selling car... by protomyth on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @09:18PM (#28533936)
The Navajo Nation has one in DC, but its not really a true embassy with all the diplomatic privileges and it isn't considered part of the tribal land.

As to adding land, its complicated https://www.bia.gov/bia/ots https://www.fns.usda.gov/fdpir/distinction-between-reservati...

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Re:Tesla opens a center on Native American land, selling car... by dragonwriter on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @09:43PM (#28534167)
> Can tribes create embassies?

No. Just as US states can't (tribal “sovereignty” is even farther from that of independent states than that of US states is.)

> Buy land, turn into embassy

Even for entities that can create embassies, that's not how they are created. You can't just acquire fee simple title and then at-will promote it to embassy status.

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