Legalized Racism: Federal Indian Policy And The End of Equal Rights For All Americans

Two hundred and ten years into the constitutional existence of our federal republic, American Indians and non-Indians are still treated as if they were citizens of different countries. Thanks to Federal Indian Policy, the United States is not one country under one law but hundreds of nations with a confusing array of laws, many of them based entirely on race. Since the early 1970s, there has been an organized movement to establish tribal sovereignty and self-determination for American Indian tribes. The goal: to distance two million AmericansNative Americansfrom the rest of the population and fragment the country along racial lines. Federal Indian Policyand an increasing number of lawsuitsis helping those behind this movement to reach their separatist goal, while activist courts rule in their favor and Congress looks the other way. Will the establishment of this unconstitutional, legalized racism continue unchallenged until its too late?