And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: June 21, 1999 Leech Lake decree divides county Tribal government requires jobs for members http://www.duluthnews.com/today/dnt/local/jobs.htm Associated Press LEECH LAKE RESERVATION, Minn. -- Unemployment here is at about 45 percent and a new tribal ordinance requires certain businesses operating on the reservation to hire some Indian workers. The new Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance is creating a major uproar that TERO's opponents call a brazen power grab that will repel business, violate their rights as U.S. citizens and reduce jobs for everyone. The ordinance, passed last winter by the Leech Lake Tribal Council, went mostly unnoticed until the tribe tried to use it last month. The ordinance requires that people, businesses or governments that hire building contractors within reservation boundaries give preference to Indian-owned firms. Contractors doing work on reservations must have work crews at least 50 percent Indian, except in special circumstances, and the law assesses fees on construction projects to fund a TERO compliance staff and train Indians in construction trades. Fines for noncompliance can range from $500 to $5,000 per day. <<end excerpt Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
