WASHINGTON (AP) -- Several members of the Congressional Black Caucus are urging the Obama administration to withhold federal recognition of a Virginia Indian tribe because of its history of banning intermarriage with blacks.
In January, the Interior Department proposed recognizing the Pamunkey tribe in southeast Virginia, which would make members eligible for special benefits in education, housing and medical care -- and allow the tribe to pursue a casino. A decision on recognition, which would be the first for a Virginia tribe, is due by March 30.
The Congressional Black Caucus members urged Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Attorney General Eric Holder to hold off until the Justice Department investigates any discriminatory practices by the tribe. Neither department has responded to the request, made in a Sept. 23 letter, according to a spokeswoman for Mississippi Democrat Bennie Thompson, who signed the letter.
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4 comments:
This shouldn't even be a problem. Just because the Tribe wants to keep it's bloodline pure and not polluted with "Devil" blood, so what.
I am so sick of the Congressional Black Caucus. They can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.
Out of one side of their mouth they say we need to accept and embrace diversity or some crap like that. Now out of the other they want to punish this tribe because they don't like their culture and their beliefs because they are different that what they believe in.
It's no wonder so many black kids are screwed up. They don't know what's what because they are forever getting inconsistent messages.
Blacks need to be held accountable for their racism.
Ironic the first Indian reservation established by the US Government is not even a federally recognized tribe.
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