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Jan 26, 2021 at 4:45 pm
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Easy solution.
President Biden should sign an updated treaty with the Duwamish.
Done.
Since the Suqaumsih are federally recognized and there is a great deal of overlap between the two (Chief Sealth led both tribes) I’m not sure this is really a problem.
Why not just pass a law to recognize the "treaty tribes" ?
That way, some future republican president can't just take away their recognition with an executive order.
Murray? Cantwell? Are you listening?
@4 because Senator Skeletor did what he did.
U.S. states from Vermont to Alabama have unilaterally recognized non-federally-recognized tribes in their borders, such as the Nipmuc in MA and the Lumbee in NC. Why doesn't WA?
@4 There is a very thorough analysis here: https://turtletalk.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/muckleshoot-response.pdf
To be fair, this is in the context of the Muckleshoot opposition to federal recognition for the Duwamish, but it does provide a good overview of the factual background and the legal arguments. As you'll see, this is a far more complex issue than Matt suggested.