"Lobbyist Larry Rosenthal of Ietan Consulting appears to be the common denominator surrounding allegations of tribal membership fraud, .."

The Story Behind Entitlement Fraud on Indian Reservations

"Lobbyist Larry Rosenthal of Ietan Consulting appears to be the common denominator surrounding allegations of tribal membership fraud, with fictitious Indian tribes emerging all over the country with a shared desire to acquire casinos. Genuine Indians have watched their tribes become besieged by hundreds of thousands of fictitious Indians who are flooding onto their membership rolls and becoming controllers of tribal governments and businesses while legitimate Indians are being disenrolled, disenfranchised, and sidelined within their own tribes. Most of the newcomers appear to be of European descent and will explain, when asked, that they received their blonde, blue-eyed, European features from Native ancestors who commingled with French fur traders. However, in many cases, birth certificates reveal instead that they haven’t an ounce of genuine Indian blood. (more…)"Susan Bradford

"I find it remarkable that U.S. federal Indian law is seldom acknowledged to be an anti-Indian conceptual framework of domination and dehumanization, carefully constructed and maintained by U.S. government officials." Steven Newcomb

I find it remarkable that U.S. federal Indian law is seldom acknowledged to be an anti-Indian conceptual framework of domination and dehumanization, carefully constructed and maintained by U.S. government officials."  Steven Newcomb
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"It seems as if most people in Indian Country, still rely on some vague notion that the U.S. government will treat us justly, eventually, and in the meanwhile we just stay quiet, and hope they change..."Michael Mack

"It seems as if most people in Indian Country, still rely on some vague notion that the U.S. government will treat us justly, eventually, and in the meanwhile we just stay quiet, and hope they change..."Michael Mack Cobell knew that this type of thinking only made things worse, because the U.S. government will not change how it treats us – until WE force it. Unless we get educated on these issues, such as how allotment came into law, how the law was maintained, who profited from it, how it caused fractionization, etc. etc. – all of which happened decades before the Cobell case was initiated – we will remain ignored. We do whatever future Indian Country has a tremendous disservice by not getting educated about it, not becoming vocal about both within and without Indian Country."michaelmack August 15, 2012

"Sovereign nations, really?... What is our legacy?"amberAugust 16, 2011

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1. amberAugust 16, 2011
   

   "Sovereign nations, really? When we will demand federal tax credits for renewable energy on tribal land? We pay taxes, we pay more for utilities than the rest of the country, and we don’t get things for free. Our so called sovereignty has come at a very high price and has never been honored by the government body of The United States Of America. Wow! 1,000 temporary jobs and 65 permanent jobs! At what cost?! The corporations, Great Northern for example, have outrageous plans to go onto tribal lands, take as much as they can, then leave a little for the tribes to then process and possibly profit from. What is our legacy?"amberAugust 16, 2011

   
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"If given the power to convict and imprison, without appeal to our established court system, what keeps "tribes" from using their new found power in corrupt ways to violate US citizen rights?"Terry

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  "Would it not be better to unify the tribes and the US, not create additional divisiveness through legal bifurcation?  What would keep a tribal council from detaining non-tribal citizens for ransom? Play along with me here... if the tribes have the power to convict non-tribal members, specifically US citizens, for violating tribal laws, who becomes responsible for punishing those convicted? "If given the power to convict and imprison, without appeal to our established court system, what keeps "tribes" from using their new found power in corrupt ways to violate US citizen rights?"Terry

   Maybe a better approach would be to have all tribes use our established legal system. Just because they (the tribal members) enjoy duel citizenship does not mean they need two, often diverging, legal systems."Terry