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A significant issue with regard to these Bison is the fact that they spread Brucellosis. When that disease is spread to cattle and elk, it causes aborted fetuses, among other major problems. Currently, Montana is classified as a "Bruscellosis Free" State. Once Montana loses it's "Bruscellosis Free Sastus", we lose our way of life and our means of production. No more ranching and no more hunting. This is more than "who owns these bison". It's about Montana's livelihood. The MAIN issue is being diluted here....
I'm curious if Washington State law was violated when those speed goats were imported into Washington without the support of the Governor of Washington or the Department of Fish and Wildlife? Kind of a reverse of the thread topic.
So, the Federal Government of the United States of America says so, and YOU still trust them? LOL! Never said I trusted them but, when you've had as many successful court cases as we have (Yakamas) in regards to jurisdiction and rights guaranteed by our Treaty then you can grasp the concept that we know what we're doing and we're fully capable of self-governance. State Laws do not apply to us nor do State Laws have jurisdiction over us. How many times have I shared actual court cases on here in regards to this matter showing that State Laws do not apply to us? I'll provide another recent one, Washington State v. Yakama Nation and this was directly in regards to the WA. State Tobacco Compact and the Imposed Jurisdiction WA. State believed it had over the Yakama Nation. This case went in favor of the Yakama Nation because we do not fall under State Government or its laws and we were again favored to not have to sign a new tobacco compact because the State has no jurisdiction. If the State would've left us alone and accepted the money it was already collecting from Tribally owned businesses and the Tribe and stopped raiding the smoke shops and trying to impose taxes it could've kept getting the money that was agreed upon in the compacts but they got greedy and pushed and pushed and pushed so our Tribal Councilmen took them to court and prevailed. No more compact money from us or any Tribally owned smoke shop, no future compacts have to be made and the State again was advised it has no jurisdiction over the Tribe or its members. We brought in pronghorns with the assistance of a private group and it happened because we have the ability to do it. If the State has problems with that then please by all means let them waste more taxpayers dollars and pursue it in court because I tell you now all that does is add more case law ammo to our arsenal and prove that we are operating within our rights. WDFW wasted how much tax dollars over the last 2 years trying to get a conviction it new it didn't have on a Tribal Member exercising his rights on the Columbia over a sturgeon he released following Tribal Law? Probably hundreds of thousands of tax payers dollars filing charges, filing appeals, filing subpoenas and finally taking all the way to the WA. State Supreme Court only to be reminded that they have no jurisdiction and upheld a lower court of appeals judgement. Sure there might have been some issues in regards to testing the pronghorns prior but the Nevada F&G didn't have any health issues or concerns and so far nothing has occurred in regards to them. Did the Tribe need public support or opinion to move forward? No, we didn't, again comes back to being a Sovereign Nation with the right to self-governance. We are the Supreme Law of the Land on our Reservation and outside the Federal Government we don't report to know one with what we decide to do on our land, GUARANTEED by our TREATY.The facts are out there for those who care enough to look beyond the Federal deceivers. That was a zillion clicks ago from my standpoint.Schweitzer is going to be dethroned this election, and this is just one of the reasons why. They do not have the authority to do this without input from ALL citizens of this Nation. They (and your tribe, according to you) slammed the door on opposing viewpoints, and that is breaking the law. Please do tell, which law was violated by the Tribe in regards to this issue? Please provide the statute or case law and I'll believe you when you say they or even us for that matter violated a law? You can quote State Law all you want but at least here in WA. State they have no jurisdiction and State Laws don't apply. Whether he gets dethroned or not it's MT and I don't care as far as him being re-elected or not.USFWS, NPS says so...... hmph. you *might* want to do some independent research on this issue, instead of trusting the Federal Government of The United States of America. That should go without saying. I need to do some research? I know what we can and can't do by experience. I don't need to trust the Feds, I just need to know that I've got our Treaty to stand on and a whole lot of case law to back it up with. As long as we continue to operate within our Treaty Rights we don't have nothing to worry about.
So, the Federal Government of the United States of America says so, and YOU still trust them? LOL!The facts are out there for those who care enough to look beyond the Federal deceivers. That was a zillion clicks ago from my standpoint.Schweitzer is going to be dethroned this election, and this is just one of the reasons why. They do not have the authority to do this without input from ALL citizens of this Nation. They (and your tribe, according to you) slammed the door on opposing viewpoints, and that is breaking the law.USFWS, NPS says so...... hmph. you *might* want to do some independent research on this issue, instead of trusting the Federal Government of The United States of America. That should go without saying.
Quote from: TWG2A on April 25, 2012, 05:39:44 PMSo, the Federal Government of the United States of America says so, and YOU still trust them? LOL!The facts are out there for those who care enough to look beyond the Federal deceivers. That was a zillion clicks ago from my standpoint.Schweitzer is going to be dethroned this election, and this is just one of the reasons why. They do not have the authority to do this without input from ALL citizens of this Nation. They (and your tribe, according to you) slammed the door on opposing viewpoints, and that is breaking the law.USFWS, NPS says so...... hmph. you *might* want to do some independent research on this issue, instead of trusting the Federal Government of The United States of America. That should go without saying.I'm not saying the feds don't lie. I think they do. But, show me any evidence at all that the Feds transplanted wolves into WA. I don't think they've transplanted a single wolf here and I defy anyone to come up with actual proof that they have. I've personally grilled everyone from the state and every possible federal representative on this specific issue. There have been many rumors, conspiracy theories, and assumptions about transplanting wolves, but not a single piece of evidence that it's been done in WA. Until I see proof, I don't believe it.