Posted on 05/09/2020 5:46:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
I was born and raised in SD, and I remember armed checkpoints on the res as a kid. If you wanted to pass thru, and you were white, you had to pay a toll. Sometimes they were there, sometimes not.
A family friend was a Federal Judge, and anytime he had to pass thru Pine Ridge he kept a Mac-10 on his lap. (This was in the days just prior to the Wounded Knee takeover in ‘73.) He never had to use it, but had to raise it to the windowsill frequently.
So to me, the concept of checkpoints near there are quite believable- even if CNN reports it.
Ironic, isn’t it?
This is the very thing dems want to impose on us and when the Native Americans do it, suddenly it’s bad?
Cool then we can disconnect any electrical transmission lines going into the reservation. Also all Indian casinos must immediately be shut down in order to protect tribe members
That was my first reaction to seeing this article. Access to good health care and hospitals is probably minimal for many of them.
The reservation near us has a stay at home order when our state does not. The Indians are all over the place just ignoring it. And I do not blame them.
As far as I can tell, the reservation casinos ARE shut down.
Not if they are paying for it.
Why would they not be allowed to have services for which they are paying?
I can’t imagine the utility companies are giving them the electricity for free.
Independent nation with very close ties to the US.
We are paying for the federal and state highways through the reservations
I wonder how everyone is enjoying just a wee taste of what democrat/socialism/progrssivism/communism is really like. All you Sanders/Biden supporters out there.
If our various sovereign state governments can require those who live in them to adhere to certain decrees, it would seem to me that other sovereign governments within the US can shut down highways through their own land.
I’m not aware that any of the 50 states have done this, but the reservations have unique concerns.
CNN is a nest of worms and snakes.
One local tribe here gets a nickel for every car that travels the section of interstate crossing their reservation.
Take a closer look at your electric and phone bills.
Your ARE paying for it. It’s in all those extra little fees.
Strange how the C-virus is hitting so many of the Western tribes so hard, but while it is in Oklahoma, is not all that bad among the Eastern tribes.
> ...shut down highways through their own land.
I’m not familiar with these particular highways. However in Arizona there are a few going through tribal lands that, if shut down, could add a detour of several hours to your trip.
Imagine if a state like Florida set up checkpoints at the state line. Oh that’s right, they did.
Federal and state highways through the reservations belong to the taxpayers of that state and to the taxpayers of the United States. Again all ratepayers pay for the electrical power grid. The reservations lacking industrial and commercial entities pay a small proportion of the cost of electrical generation and transit. If they want to build a electrical power station on the reservation fine. If they want to partake in the infrastructure of the rest of the state then they must be partners and not close off access to the reservation. Can’t have it both ways.
Yes. No. Sort of.
The Ameri-Indian tribes are considered "domestic dependent nations". The reservation is not federal land as it belongs to the tribe as a whole. However it is not independent territory either as they must follow federal law.
They are however not required to follow state law on the reservation and the state has no power there.
So the governor may ask and they may say no.
If Congress directs them to do something then they must comply.
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