Not to get off topic, but to explain 3 things required to understand what is said by some here (About Indian Rights (etc)).
1. You have a right as a dejur member of the united States of North America to operate any form of transportation on the public roadways without highwaymen, jack’o bites, or others laying their hands upon you. However you MUST understand that before you can do this you must do a few things. A) you MUST own the property (if you have a title to it, the STATE owns it – read your own state title laws – so it is not yours to operate on the roadway) B) you must be a non-US citizen C) you must cancel, resend, or otherwise negate ANY contract you ‘may’ have had with the UNITED STATES in any form.
2. The Pembina Nation little shell tribe of North America is a ‘treaty tribe’ (this is different than an ‘executive order tribe’ (recognized (BIA) reservation tribe)) – this tribe is recognized and the treaty’s are registered with the United Nations. *No purposeful act of Congress or the President has abrogated these treaties, so they still have the full force and effect as they did at signing.*
This Nation is not your cure in so much as you are looking for (in my humble opinion).
This Nation has removed some of its leaders for different things, and the old leaders have made deals with the UNITED STATES to become members of a (different) reservation tribe and help the UNITED STATES in attempting to disband the original tribe.
There are some turmoil’s within the nation, and contrary to popular belief and web sites out there;
You do not just join the tribe and pay some fee; or just pay some fee to join.
You do not get all of your problems solved by joining the tribe (the tribe is not a catch-all)
You MUST (at least at this time) have the ability, and understanding, to defend your tribal treaty rights within other jurisdictions (you must know who you are)
Treaty Tribe – there are currently 269 (apx) treaty tribes on the North American continent, these are tribes that did NOT give up their treaty rights for land allotments and as such are not recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs – Simply put they are not under the jurisdiction of the united States of America, as they are independent sovereign nations, and as such they cannot be recognized by the ‘government’ (a political corporation, or subdivistion, of the government) of the US tribe. (That recognition is for land allotments as wards of US Congress. (reservation tribe's))
Reservation Tribe (executive order tribe) – are tribes that have surrendered their ‘treaty rights’ for land allotments and other benefits of the United States of America making the USA the ‘trustee’ for all of their land and other property (making themselves wards of the USA, “for the eventual incorporation of those peoples into the citizenry of the united states” justice black).
3. Currently there is no ‘computer linking information’ for registration of private property between the tribe and the USA (and the political subdivisions thereof) and as such there are times when tribal members have problems on the public roadways. This means that if you are looking at “Tribal Membership” to solve your problems, you are looking at the wrong solution.
Currently there are several cities in the North Texas area, that I am personally aware of, that recognize the Tribal Plates and Drivers Licenses; this was not a simple act however. Several members of the tribe were arrested and had their private property impounded. In the end it was presented to these municipal corporations that their actions are (were) perceived as an act of war against the indian nations in violation of the Delaware treaty, Article 4 – as representative agents of the government of the united States of North America, in some form – and the ‘nations’ would seek resolution of these problems in treaty abrogation through the United Nations including the return of all lands brought under these treaties (that means the North American continent folks) and authorize the use of UN Troops to evict the last tribe (the white man) from these lands. Needless to say the people arrested were released, along with their property.
To say that these issues are easier to deal with, or avoid problems better than the other methods presented by the USA’s own case history; is WRONG –
Instead of trying to make the US Government follow their own ‘law’ as is normal during a traffic stop, now you are trying to make the US Government follow the obligations of a contract that it willingly entered into with the North American Indian Tribes (Treaty’s are contracts between nations). In order to ‘argue’ this with either a road side security officer (cop) or an administrative arbitrator (judge) you BETTER understand contracts and international contracts between nations.
*** Do not read further unless you want to try and understand treaty law ***
International Contracts (Treaty law) is simple to understand, in this case I will explain the contracts entered into with the united States of North America and several Indian Tribes.
In 1778 the Delaware Nation entered into a contract of treaty with the united States of North America (
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ntreaty/del1778.htm)
This treaty made the united States of North America and the Delaware Nation equals on the land, and both independent governments. (Both are now Indian Tribes)
The special inclusion in this treaty was that ‘any indian nation that joined under treaty with the united States of North America’ were automatically included in this original Delaware treaty. (made members of the; Grand National Counsel of Confederated Nations)
Step forward in time, through different treaties with different tribes the united States of North America was granted land(s) – all of North America (basically)
Article Four of the Delaware Treaty makes specific provisions that the white tribe will not interfere with the Indian Tribe. (
neither party shall proceed to the infliction of punishments on the citizens of the other, otherwise than by securing the offender or offenders by imprisonment, or any other competent means, till a fair and impartial trial can be had by judges or juries of both parties, as near as can be to the laws, customs and usages of the contracting parties and natural justice)
Now, if you violate a treaty, or abrogate it, everything in the treaty reverts to its pre-existing state. (the same as in a contract).
This means if the united States of North America (or any division thereof) violates the treaty(s) the Indians get back all the land.
This is the ‘argument’ that wins. Place the ‘person’ (court, cop, city official) in the ‘spot’ of representing the ‘government’ as an agent of any kind, and he is now responsible under the treaty.
Do they always follow it, No. They are idiots (they are specifically hired and trained to be idiots in what they do (yes, I have relatives that are ‘police officers’ in texas and oklahoma, so I can say that))
So, if you are looking for a ‘fix all’ solution the Indian Nations are not your solutions at all.
If you want an even better understanding of the problems involved (specifically with titles, tags, and private transportation), read:
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians v. Pierce, 253 F.3d 1234
PRAIRIE BAND POTAWATOMI NATION v WAGNON D.C. No. 99-CV-4136-JAR (march 2005)
There is, in the end, only one way that the USA will follow these treaties – war with the North American Indians. The mutual feeling of most Indians I know is that we would rather empower the United Nations to send troops into north America and remove the white race (thereby risking the loss of these lands to the UN) than be persecuted further by the last indian tribe (white man – US Government).
(as a note, the Delaware Treaty (1778) made the ‘white man’ the last indian tribe on the north american continent – no government in the world (at the time) would recognize the ‘government’ of north America without those holding the land patents (the Indians) giving their assent to the 'government')
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