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In reply to the discussion: KETV Omaha: Tribe Demands $500M From Beer Makers [View all]TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)WITHIN the tribe. If tribal members can't go to Whiteclay, why wouldn't they just go to Chadron or Rapid City? Lots of driving, less convenient, but it still wouldn't solve the problem. Enlarging the "no-alcohol" zone or prohibiting areas NOT under tribal control (pretty much the rest of country) from conducting perfectly legal business is not the answer here. And how would it be possible for Nebraska to create and enforce a law to refuse alcohol sales to American Indians over the age of 21? That's crazy, discriminatory, and treats them as if they're teenagers. If it's a cultural or economic problem, then that's where the solution lies--it needs to be intrinsic to the tribe. There's plenty of alcoholics among other races, but who would dare suggest that any state or city deny alcohol sales to white people, or black people, Hispanics?