US v Graham dismissed & refiled
First degree murder charges brought in a federal court against John Graham for the execution of Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash were dismissed on Friday. The reason for the dismissal was simple. While Mr. Graham is a member of the Southern Tutchone First Nation, and Ms. Pictou-Aquash was a member of the Indian Brook First Nation, neither belonged to an Indian Tribe recognized by the United States, therefore, while the crime originated on the Pine Ridge, jurisdiction lies with the State of South Dakota.
No "full faith and credit". To make a colorable claim to federal jurisdiction for the killing of an indian by another indian from a nexus in indian country, in the universe created by Bill Rehnquist, the US Attorney has had to file a new complaint, arguing that both Graham and Pictou-Aquash were affiliated with the Olgala Lakota Sioux tribe as AIM members, and as an alternate jurisdictional theory, that Pictou-Aquash had married an enrolled Lakota member in a traditional ceremony, and therefore became "an Indian". If the US can't claim that either Mr. Graham or Ms. Pictou-Aqquash are "Indians", then the US, Bill Rehnquist's US, can't prosecute the murder.
While comedic, the import is that protection from political violence targeting Indians is conditional, and that political violence against Indians who are members of tribes terminated by the United States, or not currently recognized by the United States, will not be provided by the United States. Crimes against Indians other than members of Federally Recognized Indian Tribes are left to the states.
In effect, the bounty period for members of "extinct" tribes lives on, with Federal protections, such as they are, waived for Indians not members of currently recognized tribes.
Note well Indians north and south of the US, and east of Alaska. Cross the line and your "Indian" is "killed", while your "man" or "woman" is "saved".
Bill didn't just invent rape tourism, he invented semi-permiable mental membranes that let "Mexicans" and "Canadians" cross the border, but kills "Indians" on contact. From the crypt he's managed to nullify the Jay Treaty.
