cohoangler,

I don't agree. THe treaties were given to a race of people. Special rights and concessions generated from these treaties are given only to people of that race(or nation). How can you say race is not involved, I would say it has everything to do with race. The federal government is recognizing one race over another. Yes the federal government has made treaties in the past, with many groups of people, but every treaty is different. If the treaty has nothing to do with race then anyone could become a citizen of a tribal nation, and receive the special rights. I don't see this happening anywhere.