Fake Indians pay much wampum
The Wampanoag Nation's marauding ways have been ended in Uintah County. The tribe of four right-wing whackjobs, which was organized in an Arby's, had been on the warpath in Uintah County since 2003, awarding itself judgments against public officials, including $250 million against County Attorney JoAnn Stringham.Federal Judge Stephen Friot, who obviously has no appreciation for creativity, ruled the tribe is a "complete sham" and that the four men, who are not American Indians, used the phony tribe simply to try intimidate public officials. (Friot, in fact, had to be imported from Oklahoma because the Wampanoag tribe had sued Utah's federal judges.) Instead of a peace treaty, the judge slapped the group with a $63,000 civil judgment.
Gayle Andrews, a spokeswoman for the Mashpee Wampanoag Nation — a real tribe in Massachusetts, says:
The would-be tribe claimed immunity from local, state and federal laws. Chief Dale Stevens argued he won the $250 million award against Stringham because she insisted he get a Utah license plate rather than his Wampanoag Nation license plate. (I want one.)A lot of white people are like, `I'm Wampanoag.' But you can't just Google yourself into membership. It's not doable.
Stevens lives without phone service on 13 acres of "sovereign" land in Uintah County.
Above: Frank DeKova (aka Chief Wild Eagle of the Hekawi tribe) of "F Troop."
5 Comments:
Your story title should read "White folks pose as natives- sham judges & county out of millions".
Two points:
Glen, first I find the headline a little offensive. Yes it was offensive that hese four men posed as Native Americans, but it was even more offensive to read your broken-English headline with "much wampum". It brings up memories of other sterotyped cultures. Your Native American coworkers, if any, would be ashamed to hear your bring up these stereotypes of the past.An apology from you on behalf of the Tribune would be a good start.
Second, these men are really just crazy Constitutionsts who want to think they are a law unto themselves pretending to be Native Americans. I am glad we have ended this sham.
Let me know the first time the phrase "left-wing whackjobs" appears in one of your columns. These guys were making bogus civil rights claims and trying to bleed the government. Does that sound any more "right-wing" than "left-wing" to you?
Did you receive your college education from the University of Utah? Your use of the english languague to come up with such a title definately sounds like you did. "Fake columnist tries to be funny."
That you even consider them Wampanoag is offensive... they are not Wampanoag.... never were, never will be! Calling them Wampanoags, (and calling them marauders in the same sentence) is extremely offensive to the REAL Wampanoags...
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