AS WRITTEN IN INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY MEDIA NETWORK:
The United South and Eastern Tribes and the National Congress of American Indians will host a two-day “Carcieri fix” summit in Washington June 21-23.
The purpose of the Carcieri Fix Summit is to gather support for legislation—S. 676, introduced in the Senate by Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), and H.R. 1291 and and H.R. 1234, introduced in the House by Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma) and Rep. Dale Kildee, respectively—that would reaffirm the Secretary of the Interior’s authority to place land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes.
“Land is essential to our sovereignty and who we are,” said United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) President Brian Patterson. “This land from the west coast to the east coast holds the bones of our ancestors.”
Although I am no longer employed by the Seminole Tribe, I plan on heading to DC for some of this if not all of it.... Ever since the Carcieri decision was first released, I have been following this issue. Regardless of how you look at it this one decision exemplifies the position of state governments and their opposition to tribal sovereignty.
Stay tuned....
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