Rez Hunting Meeting Tonight
Item: Private property? Resident has had tribal members hunt on his land/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene Press
More Info: It starts on the opening day of hunting season, he said, tribal members with hunting gear rumbling across his property on four wheelers, trucks and motorcycles. "They'll come up and flash this (tribal membership) card and say, 'I'm a tribal member and I can hunt anywhere I want to,'" he said. The 55-year-old's main objection is that he believes his property rights are being violated, he said. Gress acknowledges and respects the love for hunting in the region, he added, but there are also safety concerns for himself, his dogs and his neighbors.
Question: Should private property owners on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation have the right to prevent tribal members from hunting on their property?