CdA Tribe Hunting Rights Challenged
Item: Tribal hunting rights in question: Members: We can hunt anywhere on reservation/Alecia Warren, Press
More Info: The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is calling bunk on a claim by the Benewah County prosecutor that tribal members don't have the right to hunt on reservation land owned by non-tribal members. "Any explanation or advice to people that tribal members can't hunt and fish anywhere on the reservation is wrong, and potentially dangerous," said Helo Hancock, Tribe spokesman. "I think it misleads people, and could lead to people getting into a conflict situation." But Benewah Prosecutor Doug Payne is poised to continue the standoff, and, hoping for federal assistance, has invited Idaho's U.S. attorney to a public meeting on the matter next Tuesday in Plummer.
Question: What do you make of Benewah County Prosecutor Doug Payne's stand on this matter?