----- Original Message ----- From: "David Crockett Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "July30Phila" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 6:17 PM Subject: [July30] Republican Resolution would end tribal sovereignty > July 30 in Philly - www.unity2000.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 11:33 PM > Subject: [BIGMTLIST] Resolution would end tribal sovereignty > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9:21 PM > > Subject: [NativeNews] Resolution would end tribal sovereignty > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > Please contact the nations in your area...! > > Ishgooda > > thank you Sandra for these contact URLs > > > > Send Faxes to Tribes in your areas of letter below and > > letters of support > > http://www.indians.org/Resource/FedTribes99/fedtribes99.html > > http://ishgooda.nativeweb.org/racial/tribal.htm > > http://www.dickshovel.com/trbindex.html > > > > Letters of protest for Washington State Republican Resolution > > Republican National Committee > > 310 First Street, SE > > Washington, DC 20003 > > Phone: 202.863.8500 > > Fax: 202.863.8820 > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Republican National Committee Membership Washington > > National Committeeman: Honorable Ron Carlson > > National Committeewoman: Gretchen Horton > > > > State Chairman: Dale Foreman > > Republican Party of Washington > > Executive Director: Cary Evans > > 16400 Southcenter Parkway > > Suite 200 > > Seattle, WA 98188 > > V/ (206) 575-2900 > > F/ (206) 575-1730 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chairman Senator Don Benton > > (206) 575-2900 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Vice-chair Arlene Hilmer > > (206) 575-2900 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > John Flemming, Delegate > > Skagit County > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Network Services, Online Services > > Political Analysis > > Phone: 202-863-8670 > > Fax: 202-863-8851 > > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Same ploy as in 97-98 except they started at the top with Slade > > Gorton, this time they started in a small county with only what it > > seems, 11 delegates, one who wrote the resolution. Someone > > needs to launch a protest at the Republican National Convention > > in Philadelphia at the Comcast-Spectacor's First Union Center, > > a $210 million state-of-the-art high-tech sports arena. That is > > most likely where the Washington State republicans will try to get > > their resolution passed at the national level. We should work on > > stratiges now to combat this before it gains any more support. > > The date of the Republican National Convention > > is July 31-August 3, 2000 > > Sandra > > > > Mon, 3 Jul 2000 > > http://www.spokane.net/news-story.asp?date=070300&ID=s821704 > > > > Resolution would end tribal sovereignty > > If Indians don't like it, send in troops, GOP delegate says > > > > Julie Titone - Staff writer > > > > > > The Washington state Republican Party has passed a resolution calling > > for the abolition of tribal governments. > > > > "We do not recognize them as sovereign nations, as governments," said > > John Fleming, the Skagit County delegate who was a main author of the > > resolution. > > It calls on the federal government to "immediately take whatever steps > > necessary to terminate all such non-republican forms of government on > > Indian reservations." > > > > "We think it can be done peacefully," Fleming said. But if tribes were > > to fight the effort, "then the U.S. Army and the Air Force and the > > Marines and the National Guard are going to have to battle back." > > > > The action comes at a time of growing discontent over reservation rules > > that affect non-Indians, ranging from hunting privileges to liquor > > sales. The backlash against tribal governments has become so strong that > > human-rights activists have labeled it "racist." > > > > Tribal leaders call the GOP resolution outrageous and an affront to > > their rights under treaties signed by Congress. > > > > "It's absolutely the reverse of what Republican principles stand for_ to > > protect all rights and to uphold the integrity and honor of this nation > > and all of the commitments it makes," said Ron Allen, chairman of the > > Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe. > > > > Allen is vice president of the National Congress of American Indians. A > > Republican, he was surprised to hear about the resolution approved June > > 17 during the Republican state convention in Spokane. > > > > "The Republican Party nationally has been making some effort to improve > > its image with regards to its relationship with the Indian nations," > > Allen said. > > "This is polarizing. It's the opposite of what they should be doing." > > > > Beth Jensen, chairwoman of the GOP platform committee, said she had no > > idea how the writers of the resolution intend for termination to be > > carried out. > > > > Her committee sent seven resolutions to the 1,300 delegates with a "do > > pass" recommendation. Among other resolutions were ones calling on the > > federal government to preserve hydropower dams and to drop its lawsuit > > against Microsoft Corp. > > > > Although some resolutions were heavily debated, the one dealing with > > tribal governments was barely discussed, Jensen said. > > > > "I was so unfamiliar with the issue that I wasn't totally focused on > > what the debate was. It seems like what was being said was, there were > > acts by the tribal governments that weren't the way we do government in > > America," she said. "A couple of people gave examples to people who > > didn't have a clue, and it passed." > > > > The committee considered 29 resolutions in two hours' time, she said. "I > > wish we had the luxury, the time to discuss them." > > > > Fleming lives within the Swinomish Reservation. He refers to tribal > > governments as "non-republican" because non-Indian reservation residents > > can't vote in tribal elections. That makes them illegal under the U.S. > > and state constitutions, he contends. > > > > In 1994, Fleming began trying to persuade the Republican Party in Skagit > > County to pass a resolution. This year he succeeded. > > > > "Out of 250 delegates, only two people said no. They were tribal members > > or the mother of tribal members," he said. > > > > The Skagit delegates to the state convention championed the cause in > > Spokane. Now, Fleming wants Washington's delegates to work the idea into > > the national GOP platform. > > > > Supporters of the cause hope that a class action eventually will find > > its way to the U.S. Supreme Court and that the court then would rule > > tribal governments illegal. > > > > "The key to this is making people aware," Fleming said. > > > > Fleming has written many essays attacking tribal sovereignty. He is > > active in regional and national organizations that oppose treaty rights. > > Asked if he is anti-Indian, he replied: "Oh my God, no." > > > > The Northwest Coalition for Human Dignity has concluded that efforts to > > abolish tribal government are racist. Coalition researcher Robert > > Crawford called the GOP resolution "disturbing." > > > > "I wouldn't say it's a majority view. It's in line with the hard core of > > anti-Indian folks within the party such as (Sen.) Slade Gorton and > > (Rep.) Jack Metcalf," he said. > > > > Termination was the focus of the government's Indian policy in the > > mid-20th century, he noted. > > > > "In the 1950s and '60s we rampantly violated the rights of tribes," > > Crawford said. 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