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Dr O


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I got this E-mail today from a business owner in Isle. Apparently there are more than fish at stake.

 

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe is seeking to bring back federal jurisdiction. They are able to apply for this under the Tribal Law and Order Act which apparently is one that passed in 2010 under an Indian Arts & Crafts bill. It gives a Tribe the right to apply for enforcement help from the Federal Government. It is an application that if approved, cannot be appealed. It is critical that we do everything we can to stop this from passing.

 

We need public support from American Citizens – your families and your friends fast because this application seeks Federal Jurisdiction over not just the band’s 4000 acres of trust land, but over 61,000 acres – which includes the towns of Wahkon, Isle, Onamia and parts of Aitkin County and a couple others. These boundaries they are seeking jurisdiction over were disassembled according to a 1913 US Supreme Court decision.

 

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe is submitting this application with a plea for Federal help, claiming the County does not support their law enforcement needs. The County is supporting their needs - the underlying reason for this application is to seek jurisdiction inside the boundaries of the old, disassembled reservation. This is not about the crime, it is about the land. Native Americans that moved off the reservation will also be impacted. With this, those that made a choice to not be under tribal jurisdiction, will be under tribal jurisdiction. They moved off the reservation because they wanted to.

 

If this passes, down the road, it could have a severe impact on the area.

 

This is not a court case, it's an application that gets a non-appeal-able rubber stamp.

 

The public is able to submit a comment electronically at

http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-03-19-2013-06280

This link now works.

 

Your help is appreciated!

 



-- Edited by Doug Ertl on Monday 8th of April 2013 02:07:09 PM



-- Edited by Doug Ertl on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 08:35:56 AM



-- Edited by Doug Ertl on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 08:40:59 AM

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All – please go ahead and forward this on to people that care about you and your town.

 

The Messenger did not print any information on this issue. The County sent a press release per the Messenger’s request and it was not printed. The article about the Tribe asking for Federal Jurisdiction made the front page of the paper last week.

 

The objection to the Application submitted by the Band is that the 61,000 acres they are asking for jurisdiction over were disestablished in a 1913 US Supreme Court decision.

 

It is critical that we voice our opinions and keep doing so until we are heard. We object to this application because the boundaries were disestablished by the US Supreme Court in 1913. If the tribe wants joint federal jurisdiction over their 4,000 acres of trust land, then we support them.

 

The link in the last email to the Federal Register results in a dead end. The Office of Tribal Justice is supposed to activate online commenting. On one site they indicate you can comment online: http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2013-03-19-2013-06280, then you follow the link to the comment board and the case is not there. I have been in touch with Washington DC’s office of Tribal Justice and the US Attorney General to highlight this and hopefully between now and the deadline, they will be active.

 

Meanwhile, comments can be mailed to

 

U.S. Department of Justice

Office of Tribal Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20530-0001

 

Or via email to: mailto:AskDOJ@USDOJ.GOV

 

Reference FR Doc. 201306280, Docket # OTJ 105 Mille Lacs Band TLOA. Your comments may be anonymous.

 

The Federal Register Website has more information on submitting responses.

 

It is critical that we as a community be educated on the impact of this and what we can do to try to be heard. Every property owner and business owner must be heard!

 

If you prefer, send your concerns to your legislators – such as Sondra Erickson – they can help get your message to Washington. Send an email to the Governor – it doesn’t matter – just say it to someone.

 

Here is a link to Hints for Commenting: http://www.regulations.gov/docs/Tips_For_Submitting_Effective_Comments.pdf

 

Our city and county officials are meeting with state representatives shortly. Getting them a note before then may help ensure that the lines of communication are open between us and Washington.

 

Be heard!


 



-- Edited by Doug Ertl on Wednesday 10th of April 2013 09:11:23 AM

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I'm not finding a comment button on that link.



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Doug, I'm having trouble commenting after opening the link. I can't seem to find the docket # after clicking on the regulations link.



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Sorry guys, I am having lots of problems with these links. I am working on a fix.

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You can go to www.thefederalregister.com and search for Mille Lacs Band (the link should take you to that page). From there you can see the docket which is a very short summary.

The link to the www.regulations.gov site for commenting looks open now!

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOJ-LA-2013-0007-0001

Thank you



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