The second utilizes sovereignty as a basis for legal decisions by the federal courts. I'll give you two elected leaders who improved the well-being of their people and went to prison for it. Both went to federal prison based on shoddy bookkeeping and false charges. Real Bird, former Crow tribal chairman, was jailed on federal charges of mismanagement of tribal funds. And it was at the very same time they were persecuting and prosecuting Peter MacDonald.
People conveniently forget that.
Him and Leonard Peltier, it shows you the inhumane hatred for Indians. Leonard Peltier was a freedom fighter. One of the things you understand going into a struggle for freedom, you'll face prison and death. The phenomenon of Leonard Peltier is incredible. Going in, he knew the risk.