The Obama Administration Will Seize Land from the Lakota Sioux if They aren’t Stopped

PJTatler ^ | July 19, 2014 | Bonnie Ramthun

[Axenolith]

Yea, but the federal government recognized it and recorded it in a treaty so the prior “ownership” is moot.

With todays administration and bureaucracy, if it was populated with demons, like Churchill’s remark in WWII, I’d probably “be disposed to put in a good word for them in the house of representatives”...

[IronJack]

Admittedly. I’d side with the Indians on this one. But I do get tired of that “sacred lands” crap. Everyplace an Indian ever took a dump is supposed to be sacred ground these days.

[sarasmom]

That's a really good question.

Most of the “legal authority” stems from a time when there were no States west of the Mississippi.
Most people,who live east of the Mississippi don't quite grasp the vast amount of USA territory the feds have complete legal jurisdiction over.

This should not apply to tribal reservation lands, but as the recent stand-off in Nevada proves, the feds write the rules, and can change them seemingly at will.