This hgad GOT to be on the MSM, it fits their agenda...

https://truthout.org/articles/court...tripping-voting-rights-from-native-americans/

 

This is an honest question. I thought if they lived on tribal land then that’s considered their own country basically so they wouldn’t vote in our elections? Yay nay? I’m not sure but interesting topic.

 

Something seems a little fishy. When I vote I have to go to my polling place which is near where I live. That way when I vote I only get to choose my local candidates for which I am entitled to vote for. Do the N Dakota polls work different? If I have to mail in my votes it still goes to the same polling place.

 

Are they in anyway "Exempt" from any laws by living where they do?? if so then there is that...Exemption comes with Exemptions.

 

Reading the article, ANYONE who has a PO box instead of a physical address is having this issue. But, yeah, play the race card.

 

Straighten out the tax issues on Native American lands, then I’ll worry about their voting rights.

 

At some point in time, they were made citizens, hence with all rights and privileges. Not sure of exact date (too lazy to google), but bet it is 25 years plus/minus of when they ceased being seen as domestic enemies and became useful cannon fodder.

 

They're still citizens of the U.S., for the one's with proper tribal registration, it's seems to be a sort of bizarre dual citizenship type of deal.

 

I think you would be incorrect. I have read stories about how people wanted to treat indians differently when the civil war was won and amendments created.

The article reads VERY one sided so I take it with a grain of salt but if accurate there is a problem that needs to be fixed in ND. Easy answer is accept Tribal ID which would seem very reasonable. The PO box thing is another issue, maybe force the postal service to deliver on the reservation....

 

Or the tribal governments could actually come into the 18th century and plat and record parcels and assign them addresses...

 

Not saying this is fact, but is it possible the tribe doesn't allow the USPS to deliver?

 

Yes. I am doing business with 4 tribes now and 3 do not allow UPS/Fedex/USPS to go to homes. They drop at the tribal council building or post office and then the residents come and pick it up.

 

Lucky guess on my part. Before this thread, I never cared enough to speckalate.

 

Stuff like that is why I dislike articles that are so obviously slanted propaganda. To a reader of intelligence the first thing that jumps out is the not recognizing Tribal ID the second is why do they have PO boxes in so much higher numbers than other folks in ND. Both are key points of the article but the reporter just parroted what some 'activist' probably few them.

 

I suspect they still have addresses though. I think telling the fire truck to go to Little Bear's down past where John Sparrow's was up, you know up by the Chief's place is not how they do things.

 

I talked to the Chief of a Sioux Tribe in South Dakota this morning (about Science tables) and at the end I asked him why deliveries are setup that way on their Res.

His reply:
"Have you seen any of the roads off Hwy 10?"

Hwy 10 itself has huge ruts, missing pavement, and washouts every few miles. I cant imagine what its like off that road.