Friday, July 08, 2005
Compelling Case
[Ed. note: The attempted final solution taking place off the radar screen is clearly expressed by the editors of Indian Country Today.]
As the federal courts have begun their push of the tribes down the slippery slope to judicial termination, there is a pressing need to elaborate the legal, historical and cultural basis of American Indian rights. Economically powerful tribes and alert American foundations must pay serious attention to the support of productive and effective materials, both legal and media articles, that can be generated and widely circulated. It is completely crucial that Native peoples take their most intelligent and compelling case to the American public and to their own people. Only substantial and proliferous trenches of allies and concerned members of the public will provide anchor against the swift avalanche of lies, slander and negativity that now threatens to wipe away tribal freedoms.
As the federal courts have begun their push of the tribes down the slippery slope to judicial termination, there is a pressing need to elaborate the legal, historical and cultural basis of American Indian rights. Economically powerful tribes and alert American foundations must pay serious attention to the support of productive and effective materials, both legal and media articles, that can be generated and widely circulated. It is completely crucial that Native peoples take their most intelligent and compelling case to the American public and to their own people. Only substantial and proliferous trenches of allies and concerned members of the public will provide anchor against the swift avalanche of lies, slander and negativity that now threatens to wipe away tribal freedoms.
