[rivercat]

Just when you think governments can’t possibly get anymore stupid...

[wolfpat]

Are these guys from the reserve near Brantford, Ontario?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

They wouldn’t take my Kingdom of Jones passport either, the bastards!!

[UnwashedPeasant]

It will be easier when we all get our passports from the UN

[Gay State Conservative]

If the Iroquois want to issue "passports" then it's up to them to make sure other nations will accept them.Along with "nationhood" goes duties and responsibilities.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

This is the tip of an iceberg. A stealth problem that has been building up for nigh on 200 years.

The US Indian tribes have antiquated and often irrational treaties with the US that are in crying need for renegotiation. This is why reservations are often surrounded by development but have nothing other than meager welfare handouts for their infrastructure.

That is, most people assume that Indians are lazy or stupid, when in fact reservations are “black holes” of business law. Corporations would be lined up dozens deep to make deals with tribes *if they could*.

And the tribes are ticked off at the stupidity, inconvenience, and expense of having to do everything through the US government.

Granted, wanting their own passports seems on the surface to indicate that they are just being “uppity”, but the truth is more complicated.

The tribal lands are in both the US and Canada. So are the Iroquois Canadian or American? Yet both US and Canadian federal authorities feel free to go on their lands and mess with them, at least on *their* side of the border. Which isn’t a border, yet it is.

There is probably a solution here, somewhere. But whether it will be used is another matter.

[Redcloak]

Does this mean that I get to use a passport issued by the Klingon Empire?

[metmom]

More on the subject....

Brits say No to Native Americans

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/15/brits-say-no-to-american-indians/