Wallace, Chief Harry
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
03-15-2006
It is apparent that the concerted effort by the state of New York --
specifically its attorney general, Eliot Spitzer; various counties'
district attorneys; and the political supporters of the Association of
Convenience Stores -- have a concise strategy for attacking the sovereignty
of Indian nations with regard to the sale of non-taxed tobacco and gasoline
products on our territory.
Spitzer has found and utilized every indirect method at his disposal, fair
or unfair, to interfere with trade and commerce on our land. The latest
salvo is the agreement with Philip Morris to limit distribution to those
businesses that the attorney ...