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Re:Court: Native American tribe can’t be a “sovereign” shiel... by Spooky23 on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @02:49PM (#17611760)
Google “smuggling Native American reservation site:nytimes.com” for a quick intro.

Smuggling, drug trafficking, and other things are common problems. It’s vicious and tragic cycle often driven by poverty and neglect. Many of these root issues are compounded by awful healthcare and other policies.

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Re:Court: Native American tribe can’t be a “sovereign” shiel... by protomyth on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @03:35PM (#17612117)
That isn't a reservation exclusive problem. For example, since the introduction of meth, you'll see a lot of problems everywhere in rural areas (beats blowing up an apartment building). Plus smuggling has always been a rural problem. Its just a lot more direct for the feds to intervene on a reservation.

It kills me to think people want US government healthcare after seeing what the government provides on reservations. I guess they figure since they would be serving "white folks" then it would be better. That also leaves a bad taste in my mouth (which had 3 operations because of a botched root canal).

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