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Indian Country as in many areas in the lower 48 is lands that the
State Government has to ask the local tribal government to come
onto Indian Land/Reservation.

Basically the local sheriff/troops have no juridiction, the Feds
have juridiction to a limited degree. If they were truely
soverign then the Feds could not even come on the land without
permission/etc. Basically seperate nations.

Basically until the courts get thru with it all, no matter what
Venetie/Arctic Village/Tyonek and many other villages, they are
not reservations/indian country. They are lands owned by the
state, since the corporations are last I heard Incorporated thru
the State of Alaska laws dealing with Corporations (Incorporated
bodies).

I maybe behid on some of the court cases, but I think the issue
has a ong way to still go. Problem is, until the issue is totally
settled, Alaska can not supposedly get the lands in Alaska that
were promised/agreed on by the Statehood Compact.

Personally I think the Feds are playing a game of divide anc
conquor, the native Corps are playing a similar game but to see
who will give them the biggest prize.

If the native corporations wish to be sovereign bodies then give
it to them, but that also means they will have to take care of
themselves as such, basically no more BIA/IHS (Bureau of Indian
Affairs/Indian Health Services), no more grants from the
Feds/States, no more AFDC (Aid For Dependent Children), also they
will have to negotiate with the State of Alaska for being able to
leave the Reservation! Since if the native lands is truely
sovereign then the residents of the reservation are foreign
nationals and will need a VISA.

Basically what I am saying is in many ways up to now, the
Indians/Eskimos/Aleuts have been given a free ride (I know they
suffered in the past, but that is the past). Now is the time to
finally become adults in more than name only.

I strongly suspect that in many villages with out State/Federal
money the towns will DIE or have a much lower standard of living.

I know of a village or two that if all state/federal aid was cut,
most of the people would leave, since there would be no more
running water, no more sewers, no more electricity, since most of
the above service are provided for from Grants/Aid.
Not paid for by the local native group..

Or as someone once said, be careful what you ask for, you just
might get it, and it often is worse than what you thought it
would be.


Mike Adams
History is repetative.