Hawaii Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Building Thirty Meter Telescope

Re:Hawaii Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Building Thirty Me... by dnautics on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @05:25PM (#18349402)

> They are independent nations largely in name only.

I was under the impression that the "independent nations" concept implied independence from the states. Naturally as the power in the US has shifted away from the states towards the federal government the autonomy and sovereignty of the tribes has decreased.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Hawaii Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Building Thirty Me... by ceejayoz on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @06:14PM (#18349683)

It's a bit more than that - New York can't ban Ohioans from their territory, but Native American tribes can.

https://www.bia.gov/frequently-asked-questions

> Tribes possess all powers of self-government except those relinquished under treaty with the United States, those that Congress has expressly extinguished, and those that federal courts have ruled are subject to existing federal law or are inconsistent with overriding national policies.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Hawaii Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Building Thirty Me... by duxup on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @11:23PM (#18351230)

At least for those with actual reservations and treaties they are allowed quite a bit of self governance and such. They can make their own laws, form a government as they wish, tax, regulate, decide who is a member and such.

That has not changed at all.

It sounds strange, and it kind of is, but in reality life on a reservation in most cases is rough, few options to make a living, lots of substance abuse, tribal politics can be pretty petty and nasty. I lived near a reservation for a while and the first thing you think "oh man they have this nation inside a nation they could do a lot of things" but really life is rough there.

[ Parent | on HN ]