This tribe owned slaves at the time slavery was abolished, and the Fed made the slaves tribal members. Now the tribe wants to do something about that. I mean really and truly they aren't native Americans, aren't you supposed to prove ancestry to be recognized as a tribal member??

Looks like the gov't is trying to use the old blackmail trick on them by cutting off funding. Should be interesting to see how this turns out.

Article here. http://www.npr.org/blogs/newsandview...1.html?sc=emaf