Comments on: Obama to sign Native law enforcement act Thursday, Minnesota law prof to attend

By: Guilty of Being Indian: Anti-Indian Discrimination in the Extreme :: racismreview.com

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 01:24:42 +0000

[...] resources has yet to promulgate new standards for leases, trust management or native protections. While signing the Native American Law Enforcement Act, Obama said, government’s relationship with tribal governments, its obligations under treaty and law, and our [...]

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:44:31 +0000

Look, Sherman, the fact that they had to tie this to HR 725, the “Indian Arts and Crafts Act” to get any support tells you that they knew it couldn’t stand on its own.

Ironically, I know several Indian artists who’ve benefited from the arts and crafts law by being protected against non-Indian artists passing their stuff off as “Native” to the tourists when it isn’t, which hurts the real Native artists in the pocket book.

This smells like someone needed an excuse to funnel some walking around money to the tribes to keep them motivated for election day.

By: Sherman

Sherman — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:36:01 +0000

It’s not your heritage but your gender that makes me question your take on this, Dennis.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:22:34 +0000

Being an enrolled member of one of the poorest reservations in South Dakota, unlike Bachmann, I don’t have to concern myself with being called a racist when I say that this is not only a billion dollar waste of taxpayer money, but more importantly, probably an infringement on tribal sovereignty.

By: Paul Schmelzer

Paul Schmelzer — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:31:24 +0000

Oops. Tomorrow/Thursday; my error.

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:21:04 +0000

Wed or Thurs? Headline says one and the article says the other.