Stewart: Racism Toward Tribes Lingers

Item: Tribal tensions linger: Racial incidents fewer, but not unheard of on Lake Coeur d’Alene /Alison Boggs & Kevin Graman, SR

Item: The Aryan Nations no longer is the top concern of a leading human rights activist in North Idaho. Instead, Tony Stewart, co-founder of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations, said he’s focused on what he views as mistreatment of Native Americans in the years since the U.S. Supreme Court awarded control of the lower third of Lake Coeur d’Alene to the Coeur d’Alene Tribe.

Question: What can be done to improve race relations between Inland Northwesterners and neighboring tribes?