Now that the it's been determined that anyone opposing the granting of special expanded authority to prehistoric, aboriginal, patriarchal, superstitious, clannish backwards tribal justice is a misogynist bigot, maybe the time has come to examine how that practice has working out so far?

Maybe we can shed some light on how the tribal justice worked out for individuals who have long been subjected to its jurisdiction. Indian children living on indian reservations who are victims of sexual abuse and assault by other indians living on indian reservations all of whom are under the tribal justice jurisdiction and adjudication.

And we can all believe it is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth because it 's being reported in the NYT, the same liberal rag of record which is cited as the reporting source in the OP's original HuffPo article;

“One in three Native American women have been raped or experienced attempted rape, the New York Times reported in March, and the rate of sexual assault on Native American women is more than twice the national average.”



http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/us/us-steps-in-as-child-sex-abuse-pervades-sioux-tribe.html?pagewanted=all



“Federal officials are now moving to take over the tribe’s social service programs, according to members of the tribe, government officials and documents. The action comes after years of failure by government and tribal law enforcement officials to conduct proper investigations of dozens of cases of child sexual abuse, including rape.

While members of the tribe say that sexual violence against children on the reservation is common and barely concealed, the reasons for the abuse here are poorly understood, though poverty and alcohol are thought to be factors. The crimes are rarely prosecuted, few arrests are made, and people say that because of safety fears and law enforcement’s lack of interest, they no longer report even the most sadistic violence against children. In May 2011, a 9-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother were killed on the reservation after being raped and sodomized.

It bothers me that it is so accepted, that it is considered so normal. It’s lawless,” said Molly McDonald, who was a tribal judge until March, handling juvenile cases.”

“In another case, after a woman tried to burn down her house with her 5-year-old daughter inside, the girl was put in a foster home where a sex offender was living, according to Mr. Sullivan and a member of the tribe. Once the foster parent’s criminal record was discovered, the tribe removed the child and put her back in her mother’s home.

But when the child proved too much for the mother to care for, Mr. Sullivan said, she sold her daughter back to the family of the registered sex offender for $50 and a ride to Grand Forks.”



So when indians have administered tribal justice with regard the sexual abuse of indian children by other indians on reservation has been determined by the federal government and the NYT liberal rag of record, to be a criminal failure of striking proportions; people who disagree that the expansion of tribal justice is the response to sexual abuse of indian women by indians and non-indians on reservations are vilified.

Expanding the authority to administer justice to prehistoric, aboriginal, patriarchal, superstitious, tribal clans who have historically viewed even their own family's women and children as property and second class citizens is the answer to a problem of the current posturing administration's continued failure to enforce already existing law?



I wonder how many ponies and sheep someone is fined for raping children on the reservation? I wonder if a pale face could substitute quad runners and lawn mowers if he doesn't have any livestock?