The Birth of the Tribe of Human Beings Unlimited How did we come to call these small tribal communities “sovereign nations”? Simple, it was more palatable to the country and the World community, for the U.S. Army to conduct a war against a bunch of tiny little nations; as opposed to simply slaughtering indigenous tribes [...]
Worlds Apart: Isolating Native American Communities for Eternity “We are forced to live in two different Worlds.” Comment from An Apache Indian Woman, and a BIA reservation resident. Caught in a strange conundrum caused by the twisted logic of Congress; reservation residents must exist under two different sets of laws, with a segregated (Indian only) [...]
Introduction: Several years ago, our nonprofit poker players union was blind-sided by the illicit and unethical conduct of the Arizona Department of Gaming. In spite of public assurances from the State Attorney General, that we would not be prosecuted, we were attacked by a rogue police force from its sanctuary, within the Department of Interior’s [...]
Comment from Christine Rose on the non profit ICGPA players union effort to close the BIA: “…It sounds to me like the same ole dominant culture wanting to change the rules to benefit themselves while telling the tribes they are looking out for their best interests. In essence, as so many white supremacists do, they [...]
To supporters and minions of the BIA, and their cronies from the private gambling industry: Please stop attempting to frighten the Tribal governments, by implying they will loose their casinos, by invoking a claim to their property rights. Hogwash! Exercising their property rights does not void the compact with the State. While it is true [...]