Vorbemerkungen :
Die Native american sind seit Ende des 1. Weltkrieges Bürger Amerikas, neben ihrem anerkannten Status als souveräne eigene Indigene Nationen.
Doch gab es besonders in den letzten Jahrzehnten vereinzelte Aktionen sich von der US Staatsbürgerschaft zu trennen und einen eigenen Staat
in den US Staaten aufzumachen, mit eigenen Pässe, eigener Währung etc.
Ob das nun verzweifelte Aktionen waren, um auf die Misere vieler Indianer, besonders in den ärmsten Reservaten, aufmerksam zu machen´-
oder um welche Interessen es dabei vorrangig ging / geht, ist für uns auch eines der Dinge in IndianCountry, die wir zwar hinterfragen,
aber nicht durchschauen können.
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Das Problem mit dem Pass
dieser Bericht ist etwas älter, aber bestimmt ist dieses Problem noch nicht geklärt worden. Stammeseigene Pässe werden
wohl nicht als internationeler Pass angesehen und somit können Indianer die USA nicht verlassen bzw, in diesem Falll nicht wieder einreisen können oder dürfen.
LG
many
Iroquois lacrosse team banned from flying overseas: U.S. refuses to recognize tribe-issued passports
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
A team of Iroquois lacrosse players was stuck in the city yesterday, barred from flying to a tournament in England because the U.S. does not recognize its special passports.
"The boys are ready and we've been trying to reassure them we'll somehow or other make it out," said the team's executive director, Percy Abrams.
The Iroquois Nationals - who hail from upstate New York and Canada - have passports issued by the Haudenosaunee, a confederacy of six Iroquois nations.
They have been traveling with the documents for 20 years and expected to use them to fly from Kennedy Airport to Manchester, England on Sunday, team officials said.
On Thursday, the British Consulate told the team it would not issue visas because the U.S. said it would not let players back into the country on the native passports.
The team's 23 members convened in the city anyway, sharing rooms at the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown, ready to leave if the snafu is resolved.
They are due to play England Thursday night in the opening match of the World Lacrosse Championship, held every four years.
"Time is running out," said Abrams. "Unless things happen quickly in the next 24 hours it's going to be very difficult to make the game."
The team already missed a scrimmage with Scotland yesterday.
The State Department has offered to get U.S. passports for the Nationals.
"We are standing by to help the team get its passports on an expedited basis," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters in Washington.
But the Iroquois say it would be an affront to travel with any other passport but their own.
"It's a huge deal because these visas mean so much to our sovereignty," said player Gewas Schindler, 34.
"We've always been able to travel and come back."
As the team's management continued to search for a last-minute diplomatic solution, the players explored Times Square and practiced at Wagner College on Staten Island.
"We're trying to keep as busy as possible," said player Delby Powless, 30, a Rutgers graduate who lives on Six Nations land in Ontario.
"We're trying to keep our minds focused on the lacrosse aspect. I just want to play lacrosse."
Source: NY Daily News