Native-American's Facing Sovereignty Troubles

The subject of "sovereignty" has been around for a very long time, but a most recent event that may have caught your attention is that of a U.S. Iroquois Lacrosse team, which refused British government demands for U.S. or Canadian passports to enter the World Lacrosse Championship located out of Manchester, England.

The Lacrosse players identified themselves with their Iroquois Confederacy-issued passport identifications, but the British government denial of access to the team has brought on bitterness and confusion.

In the responses from the members of the tribal nation, you might notice that both the Natives and U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, are left baffled by the outcome of this situation. The problem is not that these Natives don't have legitimate passports or that they were not faithful and honorable. The problem, however overlooked it might be, is that the Natives do not hold a formal treaty with the British government. There are treaty agreements between the Natives and the U.S. that allow the Natives to be recognized by the U.S. government as "independent" of the States of the Union, so the laws apply differently to the Natives than they apply to U.S. citizens.

Peoples from any nation can be barred access in another country when no treaty exists between principle and host nations. This is actually in good practice because if the visiting patrons from another nation violates the laws of the host nation and there is no consulate of the principle nation present to address the issue immediately in the host nation, there might ensue bitter political conflicts between government's and the possibilities of wars waged are increased dramatically for failure to come to successful diplomatic negotiations.

Let us not forget how easy government makes it look to fail simple diplomatic relations in coming to peaceful terms with others in the international community.