WASHINGTON, D.C. — H.R. 1450, “Treating Tribes & Counties as Good Neighbor Authority Act,” passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, September 14th, 2023, on a voice vote. H.R. 1450 will modify the Good Neighbor Authority to allow counties and Tribes to retain timber receipts from authorized restoration projects. H.R. 1450 is […]
I have recently completed reading three books that on the surface seem to have nothing to do with each other, but I believe there is a common theme found in these treasures that is worth commenting about. The first book I have discussed previously and is about Fr. Pierre John Desmet a Flemish Jesuit Priest […]
It occurred to me in a lightbulb moment, that my taxes over fifty years of income earning have been re-directed first to two segments of America: 1) 568 tribal governments representing less than 1 million Americans; and 2) 11 million+ illegal immigrants. Taxpayers (Givers) don’t even get a thank-you note for annually funding these Takers. […]
Four Socialist Horsemen of our Apocalypse There are four forces that have been moving across our country for decades, on separate but parallel paths, and are in full assault today. All four threaten individual liberty, property rights, and the relationship between the citizen, our states and the federal government: 1) massive illegal immigration; 2) rapid […]
— Published with Permission of TheNewAmerican.com — WHITEFISH, MONTANA — Speaking at the “New Code of the West” conference over the weekend, a pair of activists exposed some of the major problems with federal Indian policy. Comparing the U.S. government’s Indian policy to a “great big hippopotamus sitting on the United States,” Elaine Willman (shown) […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been updated and expanded from its original version. The 1850s in this country were important years of growth, expansion and uncertainty for our county. “Go West, Young Man,” was first expressed in 1851 in the Terre Haute Express and later magnified across the country by journalist, Horace Greeley. By the […]
— Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com — The issue stirred up by Grayeyes illuminates the real problem faced by San Juan County, thanks to political radicals and the federal courts. Years of federal overreach and meddling has made Native Americans and non-Natives in the county slaves to the government, and unwillingly to each other. The […]
One of the most mean-spirited emotional weapons is what I call the Yesterday Stick. Here’s how it works: A long-time married couple has survived a long-ago spousal affair, but one spouse never forgets and raises that Yesterday Stick as a power tool frequently in their marriage. Or a recovering alcoholic has successfully turned his/her life […]
— Published with Permission of FreeRangeReport.com — The House / Senate versions’ forestry measures embrace Euro-UN-Agenda 21 sustainable forest management principles, plus United Nations Indigenous Peoples Rights policies that would supersede the U.S. Constitution—while implementing unscientific climate change and sustainability objectives… Although the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 has been shelved […]
The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 is 40 years old. Congress likely had good intentions when it was persuaded by tribal leaders that too many Indian children were being adopted away by non-Indian families, and too many Indians were leaving reservations. So Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) transferring away […]
There are no clean hands in this dirty business. As foul as the stench of Abramoff’s conduct was, the hands of all who participated in his schemes are equally odious; that includes elected officials and their staff, other lobbyists and tribal leaders — all are equally as culpable as Abramoff. Jack Abramoff is back as […]
“For Native Americans, this (America) is our land. Every inch of it, every mountain, every stream, every water that is out there is ours. It’s Native American country… America is Indian Country, and so every non-Indian out there is a guest of Native Americans in this country’ and that’s how they should act, so if […]