This shit pisses me off so much.

I am a Choctaw Tribal member, and I can say these policymakers need to change this shit. The tribe needs to file something with the courts to get this overturned. Sad

Jared Golden had a bill that passed in the House last year that would have fixed this on the federal level. https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-passes-golden-bill-to-ensure-wabanaki-nations-equal-access-to-future-beneficial-federal-laws-and-programs

But Angus King helped block it. https://wabanakialliance.com/response-king/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/754979.Unsettled_Past_Unsettled_Future is a good book to understand more.

Why was MISCA passed in the first place? The article doesn't say. It seems particularly targeted and punitive.

Even though it was a shit deal, it's because the Carter administration and everyone saw the writing on the wall and knew that Reagan was on his way to fuck the tribes over even worse. That is by no means an excuse, but it is an explanation for why the parties involved at the time accepted these terms. It absolutely needs to change.

In my experience Angus King will find a legitimate pebble of gripe in a quarry of legislation and focus on that as cover to block the whole thing.

I don't understand why and must assume he holds private beliefs that do not match his public persona.

He's ancient and needs to go.