[lockjaw02]

AS Mr Fairbanks explained to you their sovereignty is based on Constitutional Law. Only the Federal government has the authority to enter into treaties.

I'm sorry I spoke to soon with that silly sarcastic remark since I see you've started doing some basic research while I was writing that.

What is your beef with criteria for tribal membership? You can renounce your American citizenship and apply for citizenship or at least legal residency to a number of other countries. You don't have to be bound by US federal or your specific state's taxes. You can always find someplace better, more to your liking.

You don't even have a homestead. You just lease it from the government as long as you're able to pay the rent.

The tribal nations recognized by treaty with the Republic of the United States deserve every bit of respect as any other sovereign entity contained by arbitrary geo-political boundaries that is also so recognized.

BTW, just so you know, I have no blood ties to any Native American tribe, a pure mongrel of European descent. I love and respect the Constitution, but am dismayed by the lack of reverence shown by not only our federal and state governments, but by the people from which it derives its powers as well.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Hi :0) Thanks. Since you seem amenable, here's an excellent read you might like, about the system of government created by my forefathers -

http://www.fsc.edu/socsci/savant/CONST/CONST.HTM

Enjoy!

[Right Wing Professor]

What is your beef with criteria for tribal membership? You can renounce your American citizenship and apply for citizenship or at least legal residency to a number of other countries. You don't have to be bound by US federal or your specific state's taxes. You can always find someplace better, more to your liking.

I don't think someone should be exempt from state taxes because one great grandfather out of seven great grandparents happened to be descended from a grandparent who might have been done out of his land by some sharp practice. The issue is no different from reparations. While the Indian wars were going on in the US, my ancestors were in Europe, getting the shaft in much the same way. We're living in the 21th century; why are we living with a system that sucked even in the 19th century?