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To: af_vet_rr

No, with the Indians, the issues are vastly different than simple Liberal vs Conservative. Their current rights are based upon four hundred years (beginning in 1493, with the Doctrine of Discovery and Indian Title!) of laws, treaties, agreements, executive orders, and policies, the combined effect thereof amounts to inviolable contracts between the tribes and the federal government for land in exchange for the rights, annuities, and special privileges that they now enjoy.


10 posted on 05/12/2008 11:22:22 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

I’ve also questioned the legality of tribes donating to political candidates. Federal law prohibits contributiins from foreign nations. If the tribes are sovereign nations, doesn’t that sort of make them foreign nations?


12 posted on 05/12/2008 11:57:46 AM PDT by mukraker
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