Ducheneaux’ argument based in racism
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Editor,
Franklin Ducheneaux’ article spews so much venomous racial hatred, which one who is supposed to be highly educated should refrain from espousing. There is a difference between the poisonous racial hatred spewed by Mr. Ducheneaux and Mr. Gale’s anger and strongly-worded concern over a possible stealing of our water rights, junior or not.
Mr. Ducheneaux goes on to talk about the Constitution, showing his Democratic leanings by calling it “organic.” Not all of us agree that it is organic. Please keep your biases to yourself and quit presuming and trying to pass it off as fact. It is not a face that the Constitution is organic. If you want to say it was “white man’s law,” we’ll object to that also, since God Almighty’s help was invoked in forming it, and he is the creator of all, including Native Americans. I can imagine Mr. Ducheneaux arguing with God even. The Constitution has rightly been called one of the best-ruling laws of any nation. God’s involvement can clearly be seen in it. It makes me wonder why Mr. Ducheneax so readily quotes it, when he seems to have so much disdain for it. With his racial hatred, it would seem more appropriate to ignore it.
It has been found that Indian nations are dependent nations and not truly sovereign as he wants to confuse us into believing. I, for one, would be glad to have my tax dollars back that have been used to sustain these so-called “sovereign” nations to help them prove that “fact.” Also, there are other documents that make it quite clear that Congress can choose to expand or contract tribal jurisdiction through legislation. The tribes only have jurisdiction as Congress deems to give it. That is tribal “sovereignty.” The reason there have been problems in some areas is because presidents used presidential decrees to try to solve issues instead of going through Congress. Sound familiar?
Our ancestors may not have come at tribal invitation, but they did come at the federal government invitation and a guarantee of irrigation water. Just look up the ads that can still be found on an Internet search. If the tribes, at that time, were defrauded by the government, so were the settlers who came. We, who are the inheritors of this problem as well, are just as willing to fight for our rights. We are not willing to have the State of Montana give them up, as they seem so willing to do.
Joy Claar
Ronan
