[Behind Liberal Lines]

Sovereign tribes? How is that different than demanding Ontario start collecting New York State sales tax?

Contrary to what the Native American race-baiters like to argue, "sovereign" Indian Nations have never been treated exactly like foreign governments. They are subject to federal law and, to the extent federal law decrees it (as in this case) state law.

[Dan Nunn]

I don't quite know what you mean by 'race-baiters' but it sounds like something I'd be called because of my opposition to Obama. Anyway, you can choose to ignore the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua signed by George Washington's agent, but here is what the United States agreed to, specifically (as it relates to the Senecas):

ARTICLE 2. The United States acknowledge the lands reserved to the Oneida, Onondaga, and Cayuga Nations in their respective treaties with the State of New York, and called their reservations, to be their property; and the United States will never claim the same, nor disturb them, or either of the Six Nations, nor their Indian friends, residing thereon, and united with them in the free use and enjoyment thereof; but the said reservations shall remain theirs, until they choose to sell the same to the people of the United States, who have the right to purchase.

[NewJerseyJoe]

> "sovereign" Indian Nations have never been treated exactly like foreign governments.

Chief Justice John Marshall used the phrase "domestic dependent nations." He also wrote that "their relations to the US resemble that of a ward to his guardian."

Interesting legalese....

[muawiyah]

Race ~ American Indians are not a "race". In the case of the Iroquois and the state of New York, the state's focus is on the recognized tribes who own land ~ they don't even seek conflict with the entire ethnic group ~ particularly since the now much wealthier Oneida handed them their ass on a plate several years back and ended up with the right to force the sale of whatever state lands they chose as they retrieve their property (and at the moment I believe they're still looking at the toll road).

Regarding "race" the Iriquois have one of the highest percentages of the X-factor, a string of DNA code found only among some Europeans, some North Africans, and a whole lotta' North American Indians.

The "X-factor" has been found in DNA recovered from pre-Columbian material ~ ergo, it didn't arrive on the Mayflower.

What that means is the State of New York and its running dog lackeys are trying to steal land and property from white people (not some other "race").