Supreme Court: The Masking of Justice by David E. American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S.Tribes, Treaties, & Constitutional Tribulations by Vine Deloria, Jr.Handbook of the Indians of California (1976) by A.L.Indian Tribes as Sovereign Governments: A Sourcebook on Federal-Tribal History, Law and Policy (1999) by the American Indian Lawyer Training Program.To learn more, we recommend reading any of the following pieces of literature, some of which have been used as sources for this section of our site: This is due in large part to the inaccurate and somewhat biased historical documentation from which many of us learn our historical references.īelow we share some of the facts about our tribal history and how these facts compare to the myths that many have been led to believe. There are many misconceptions about the history of Indian Country and, more specifically, the history of the Pechanga people.