will no doubt he sympathetic and helpful to the tribe on this. Not to mention Secretary of Homeland Security as well. That sounds like a horrible and totally unnecessary situation. Has the tribe taken this to Interior yet?

And I wouldn't feel right to ask.

Best of luck with that. Hopefully, you’ll be able to have a positive impact on this situation.

I thought reservations were sovereign, why are the government agencies not respecting that? Also how does the latest SC ruling affect this? the SC said that they backed indigenous police power on tribal land.

signed with the Native Americans before the ink was dry. Arizona has pretty much destroyed water rights for Native Americans by make treaties in surplus years of water, then enforcing the terms hard in drought years, like now.

But this seems different, look at this quote about Indian sovereignty

"Tribal sovereignty refers to the right of American Indians and Alaska Natives to govern themselves. The U.S. Constitution recognizes Indian tribes as distinct governments and they have, with a few exceptions, the same powers as federal and state governments to regulate their internal affairs."

The Supreme Court today said this:

"In its first major opinion on the scope of American Indian tribes’ sovereign powers in decades, the Supreme court held on Tuesday in United States v. Cooley that tribal governments — and thus their police officers — have the power to search and temporarily detain non-Indians suspected of breaking federal or state laws within reservations. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the opinion for the court. Justice Samuel Alito filed a brief concurrence noting that he views the holding as a limited one."

Now, I have no idea about the internal operation of that reservation, but something seems remiss to me. I am curious, and if you could shine a light on that I would be grateful.

And thanks for being a proud progressive running for office. We need more!

emerges and ask for help if you need assistance. Take care

About 8 years ago. I was astonished by the amount of BP vehicles I saw.

I've not been there, but I've heard that the Akwasasne is a fairly busy "port" for smuggling.

Mostly cigarettes and weed. Been an issue there for years, but there isn't an occupying-like force roaming the streets like on the Tohono o'Odham Nation here in Arizona.

A friend of mine is tapped into the cig market. By no means a smuggler or anything of the sort, but he does enjoy cheaper smokes. The govt? They are less enthusiastic.

As for me...I've had from little to less-than-no interest for many years now. Totally fine with the First Nations making some $ there. Why should they support the tax model?