I do believe that many legal Constitutional scholars and Constitutional lawyers would find your view antithetical to the meaning and intent of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.
You have no idea of the destruction that was wrought on people, families and commercial fishermen - many paid with their lives so others could sit home and pontificate. We fought for our Rights, or what we thought were our Rights in the plain meaning of the Constitution, only to be told by SCOTUS that ‘only Treaty Tribes have Rights enshrined in the Constitution, all others have mere privileges which can be revoked at any given time’ ... that ruling has been reaffirmed another two times I know about. In other words, the Second Amendment is a privilege not a Right - think about that when our guns are taken but not from Treaty Tribes - someone just needs to bring the ‘right’ case ...
You do under stand the meaning of Superior Rights? Treaty Tribes are defacto our Masters, much as that may seem contrary to popular thought and the squalor found on reservations (which in many instances is deliberate).
This happened long before there was an internet. At the time there were only the ABCNBCCBS networks to carry the “truth” of the situation. All coverage as it was taking place was touted as “fair and balanced to both sides”. But when broadcast, only the Tribe’s side made the show. The networks carried the “truth” about the Civil War (yes it was - including shootings, fire bombings and so on - reporters covering those incidents had their stories spiked and round filed) which raged for almost 10 years. That “truth” mirrored the network’s “truth” about Nam - just so do you understand how insanely biased they were then (they haven’t changed much since).
The Treaty Tribes can do as they will because SCOTUS never heard our side. The State of Washington side was argued by Slate Gorton (later Senator) who introduced, at the outset of oral arguments, a completely different take on the situation which forced our lawyers to argue against it in their 15 minutes - our case was never presented.
The State of Washington argued as they did, hoping to get rid of non-Indian commercial fishermen so they could freely sell eyed salmon eggs worldwide (in direct contravention to State law - as they saw more revenue than the taxes we paid to maintain & enhance the fisheries. They also wanted to see us gone so they could literally create salmon specifically for the lucrative sports industry) which they succeeded in doing - thus pen-raised salmon (Silver/Coho, Chinook/King), thus the miniature Coho and King salmon sizes common today in the Puget Sound region.
This whole case originated in RM Nixon’s misguided attempt to find a solution to Alaskan Aboriginal law - he was warned that venue would result in a legal mess and it did.
I’ve heard the “car loan” justification for decades - and the reason it cannot be reposed (only in certain well defined cases) is WASHINGTON v. FISHING VESSEL ASSN., 443 U.S. 658 (1979) ...
your view antithetical to the meaning and intent of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.
It does seem absurd that in the USA in the 21st century, that human A, who is an Indian, has rights that human B does not, but there it is. There is a cable show about life in Alaska, I think it is Life Below Zero. One family that is or at least was featured has a Caucasian who is married to an Inuit woman. She and their children can legally hunt seals, walruses—he cannot. They can gather fossil ivory—he cannot.
I don’t think that treaties can trump the Constitution but I believe they are considered ‘the supreme law of the land’. So if someone in 1850 signed a treaty on behalf of the US and ratified by the Senate with an Indian tribe saying that they could have all the fish they could catch, then no state law can trump that. After all they were catching all the fish they could catch long before we were here.
As for the car loan business—all I know is what my dad, who was in the business, told me when I was 16 years old.
Sometimes history can create situations that seem to contradict the Bill of Rights. I was once told that the reason that Customs can search your luggage without a warrant is that the practice predates the Constitution.
Anyway, I’m not saying such things are right or fair or good, but why such things happen.