Hawk33 get over yourself!
Yes, there are too many treaties! One is too many. As far as calling someone biggoted, look at your own. If you think that you and the rest of the tribes should be entitled to any benefits that are not allowed to any other U.S. citizen, then you are the predudice one. Oh, that is right, the treaty tribes are not truly concidered as U.S. citizens. No one should recieve special treatment just because of their ethnicity, place of origin or any other reason. Until the treaties are dissolved and the tribes are to follow the laws and regulations that the rest of us have to, there will always be animosity between the groups.
Oh, and dont give me the tired old b.s. about my ancestors. I am tired of having to pay for the actions of people that lived hundreds of years ago. I have never shot an Indian or owned a slave. I have never met anyone that has, and neither have you!
It is time to get over the past.
I have said this before, but my #1 hunting buddy is a Squaxin Tribal member. He feels the same as I do and to the point of moving 400 miles away from his tribe to get away from all of the b.s.! He is allowed special hunting and fishing rights, but he choses to buy all of his tags & liscences. He also will only hunt & fish during public seasons.
Ok, enough of my horse sh!t.
Eric