| Litigants: | Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak |
| Decidedate: | June 24 |
| Decideyear: | 1991 |
| Fullname: | Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak |
| Usvol: | 501 |
| Uspage: | 775 |
| Holding: | The Eleventh Amendment prevents tribes from filing lawsuits against the United States because they are not party to the Constitution; therefore, the United States must sue itself as a trustee for the tribe under United States v. Minnesota. |
| Majority: | Scalia |
| Concurrence: | Blackmun |
| Joinconcurrence: | Marshall, Stevens |
Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak, 501 U.S. 775 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Eleventh Amendment prevents tribes from filing lawsuits against the United States because they are not party to the Constitution; therefore, the United States must sue itself as a trustee for the tribe under United States v. Minnesota.[1]
Blatchford was out of step with most prior Eleventh Amendment jurisprudence, which said sovereign immunity under the Amendment only applied to situations mentioned directly in its text.[2]