Relationship between Tribal organizations and the EEOC [Video]

History of the relationship between Tribal Employment Rights Offices (TERO), which protect the employment rights of Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. As specified in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Tribal governments have the inherent sovereign power to regulate commercial dealings by all entities within their jurisdictions, which gives them the authority to require employers on the reservations to provide preference to Indians in employment and business opportunities.