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Re: the documents
Posted By: Eshe In Response To: the documents (Eshe)
Date: Friday, 4 July 2003, at 10:13 a.m.
Those documents are merely a treaty between Mt. Arafat (nuwaubians) and the Washitaw.
If you read it you will see that they also pledge an oath to defend the constitution of the United States.
Here is the law regarding: Native Americians, Indians and criminal acts.Sec. 1153. - Offenses committed within Indian country
(a)
Any Indian who commits against the person or property of another Indian or other person any of the following offenses, namely, murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, maiming, a felony under chapter 109A, incest, assault with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of this title), an assault against an individual who has not attained the age of 16 years, arson, burglary, robbery, and a felony under section 661 of this title within the Indian country, shall be subject to the same law and penalties as all other persons committing any of the above offenses, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.
(b)Any offense referred to in subsection (a) of this section that is not defined and punished by Federal law in force within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall be defined and punished in accordance with the laws of the State in which such offense was committed as are in force at the time of such offense
(B)
any case in which a child is subjected to sexual assault, sexual molestation, sexual exploitation, sexual contact, or prostitution;
(2)
''child'' means an individual who -
(A)
has not attained 18 years of age;
(3)
''local child protective services agency'' means that agency of the Federal Government, of a State, or of an Indian tribe that has the primary responsibility for child protection on any Indian reservation or within any community in Indian country; and
(4)
''local law enforcement agency'' means that Federal, tribal, or State law enforcement agency that has the primary responsibility for the investigation of an instance of alleged child abuse within the portion of Indian country involved.
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