The already do. If those tribes were treaty tribes. The Oglala Lakota signed a treaty. The people out here get government checks and commodities every month. They get free health care at Indian Health Services. The school where i work is a Indian grant school, meaning that the money for our budget comes from the federal government. So, basically, y'all's taxes are going to pay me to sit here and post on GC

Seriously though, Rudey, that is not the answer. The people up here "claim" themselves as a soverign nation. They have their own goverment, Tribal police have authority over any SD authorities. Basically, they are "independant" from America, but at the same time, they are nothing more than wards of the state.

What would benefit these people a whole hell of a lot more is if GM, Ford or some other big company put a manufacturing plant here on the Rez, in return for tax breaks, and the government lessened their handouts. Right now, these people live from check to check, with little to no motivation to get and hold a real job.

hand-outs is not the answer. Motivation to work is.

Kitso
KS 361 times the people don't want to hear that, but it's true