Even More Fun with Government (and its Publications)
To sum up yesterday's post: The Obama administration has finally asked Hawaii for some help (because only a waiver to the state ordinance prohibiting the release of original birth certificates can get you one), and Donald Trump is taking credit for having gotten big government to move on an "issue."
Today's post is closely related: how tsunamis and vampires are helping an Indian tribe get new land (because only an act of Congress can re-adjust reservation borders as recognized in a treaty).
I love popular culture.
From NPR -- http://www.npr.org/2011/04/26/135446505/u-s-tribe-cites-tsunami-twilight-in-bid-to-expand?ft=1&f=1001
And the Quileute Nation -- http://www.quileutenation.org/
And some lore: The Wolf Ritual of the Northwest Coast, by Alice Henson Ernst, available (sort of) from Google --
http://books.google.com/books?id=cX0GAQAAIAAJ