Prosecutor: Tribes ‘Foreign Government’

Clayne Tyler, Clearwater County prosecutor, testifying on behalf of the Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys Association, spoke against HB 500, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s law enforcement bill, but his comments riled Rep. Janice McGeachin, R-Idaho Falls. “‘Yielding to a foreign government’ - I have a problem with that,” McGeachin told Tyler. “The Native Americans are people who were in this country far before any of us. … I think we need to be respectful. I think that’s an inflammatory statement”/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here .

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