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The Republicans have a party
The Republican National Convention in Philadelphia
will probably be most known for one thing: its lack
of spontaneity.
Those who attended (or paid attention to) the
GOP soiree saw a tightly scripted affair with little
conflict and hardly any room for anticipation.
With speeches
made by presenters available on the GOP website even
before the words were actually spoken,
the convention delegates were probably the last
to know what everyone else knew hours in advance.
And except perhaps for a "silent protest" during a speech by an openly
gay Congressman and an alleged tiff between George W.
Bush and John McCain, not many were surprised by the
week's events.
But the convention was significant for its attempt
to include minorities.
Retired General Colin Powell
criticized members of his own party over affirmative
action. People cheered.
Bush's nephew spoke in
Spanish. People cheered. A gospel choir sang
their hearts out. People cheered.
With so much cheering, hardly anyone noticed
the lack of Native Americans at the convention. But
Indianz.Com was happy to be the first to point out,
among other issues and happenings,
the existence of Native Americans in the GOP
platform.
Now, the big question remains. What will happen at
the Democratic National Convention next week? Will
Mark Trahant, a "swing" voter, swing the Demorats way?
Will there be more than one Pueblo pages?
Stay tuned.
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Gorton
target of campaign (7/31)
Tribal
leaders endorse Gorton foe (8/1)
Republican
convention opens (8/1)
Where is the GOP on
tribes? (8/1)
The GOP 2000 Platform
on Native Americans (8/1)
Pequot man drafted
Indian platform (8/2)
Seeking diversity at
the GOP (8/3)
Miss Indian World:
GOP hypocrisy (8/3)
Trahant:
GOP gets plus mark (8/3)
Did
Bush stiff McCain? (8/4)
Pequots
party on (8/4)
Paper
wonders about GOP platform (8/2)
Recap:
GOP Convention (8/4)
The Nez Perce still have a reservation
The Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho have always believed in
the existence of their reservation, but it took a
court to prove it to others.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals did just that
and ruled that the reservation exists just as it
was created by an 1863 treaty. With recent land
diminishment cases such as Yankton Sioux still on everyone's
minds, seeing a court uphold a reservation
was a positive happening.
Of course, not everyone
was happy with the decision.
The North Central Idaho Jurisdictional Alliance (NCIJA),
a coalition of local governmental entities located within
the reservation borders, has been battling the tribe
over its attempts at exerting sovereignty over
non-Indians.
The continued existence of the reservation
hinders, in some ways, the group's claims against the tribe.
But whatever the group believes, they say they aren't
racist.
Get the Story:
Court
upholds Nez Perce treaty (7/31)
Group
denies charges of racism (7/31)
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