Baby Veronica: U.S. Doesn't Respect or Understand Native Culture
Dina Gilio-Whitaker  A note from Ray Cook, ICTMN Opinions
Editor: The political and legal ramifications of the Baby
Veronica case have, in broad strokes, done two things. First,
the case tipped the hands of the various Catholic Charity
Organizations to "evangelicalize" (recruit, if you will) new
souls for their church pews. Their strategy, now exposed,
includes the dismantling of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Second, this event must be won on behalf of our sovereign
nations because the alternative will mean that the legal,
diplomatic and political foundations of our current
relationships with other nations will begin to crumble under
heavy bombardment from those who believe us to "be in the way"
of the expansion plans of American religion and economic
expansion and energy resource extraction—right or wrong.
Unfortunately, the love of child and the pursuit of a healthy
family will be disrespected, trampled and eventually lost in
this mess. It