The tribe's emphasis on nature is common to most Native American Indians. If we are to survive, we must recover adequate lands so we can prosper. All federally-recognized United States tribes are sovereign in their homelands. The U.S. government, along with the tribes, established tribal rights about their reservations through executive orders. Although some tribes in America have been relocated away from their original lands, this is not the case in Idaho.
Tribes remain on portions of land that are truly a part of their original home boundaries.
It is time that the American people face this issue head on and that the public lands being reclaimed by Indian nations be returned. There are few truly navigable waterways in Idaho. The Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe Rivers are two of about six in the entire state. And both are used regularly by the public for recreation and for moving logs. In the arid west, we want to protect those we do have.