Mavric Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Apparently this isn't exactly "news" but it's the first time I've seen it: Residents of Riverton, a quiet town of 11,000 in Wyoming, were shocked to wake up one recent morning to learn they were now Indians. Sort of. Their town had been taken over by an Indian tribe without a bullet or arrow being fired. This hasn’t happened since Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, having put the torch to the South, arrived to take on the Nez Perce. Yet no battles took place last month. The Environmental Protection Agency simply approved an application by the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes to declare the newly expanded tribal region henceforth be treated “as a state.” Thousands of Wyoming palefaces were swept into Indian jurisdiction, without treaty or authorization of Congress. Riverton residents didn’t even get any beads. Matt Mead, the Republican governor, is furious. “This decision goes against 100 years of history,” he said, “involving over a million acres of land. It is not a decision that should come from a regulatory agency. I believe the EPA is in the wrong and I will not honor its decision.” In 1905, Congress set the boundaries for the Wind River Reservation based on treaties worked out over the course of two decades. The EPA unilaterally declared that the treaty, which set out that the tribes would “surrender, forever and absolutely” the land in question, didn’t really mean what the words plainly say. The government bureaucrats, not necessarily distinguished in constitutional law, came up with a convoluted interpretation that under the Clean Air Act, the tribes and not the state can now dictate environmental policy in the disputed region. Washington Times Also, Washington Post Article Link to comment
carlfense Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 WTF? That's bizarre . . . and I'd venture a guess that it won't last long. Link to comment
sd'sker Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 why would the epa be involved with tribal land in the first place? and the legal implications of that are pretty fascinating. Link to comment
Mavric Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 why would the epa be involved with tribal land in the first place? and the legal implications of that are pretty fascinating. I didn't quite get all of it but the tribe had applied under some air quality procedure. Link to comment
Street Novelist Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 An actual writer from the Washington Post referred to White people as "palefaces?" Wow...I wonder if that person also refers to Blacks as "darkies." Link to comment
sd'sker Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 An actual writer from the Washington Post referred to White people as "palefaces?" Wow...I wonder if that person also refers to Blacks as "darkies." all of his attempts to be cute or funny seemed rather unprofessional and inappropriate. Link to comment
deedsker Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 The EPA...really? Yes, the writer comes off as quite racist. Link to comment
Micheal Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I'm thinking the EPA just like to pretend it is actually important and doing something Link to comment
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