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By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org
In Florida, open government laws guarantee the public’s right to access and make copies of state laws, local ordinances, public agency budgets and many other government records – like the salaries of the governor and city and county leaders.
In that regard, however, members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida are second-class citizens.
While they have the same rights as everyone else off the reservation, on Seminole land their sovereign government won’t let them obtain information about their governance that other Floridians take for granted. And should they speak out critically about their leaders, they can become targets for serious retribution.
The Seminoles, for example, don’t know how much tribal Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr. or other tribal leaders or staff are paid, or details about how and with whom the tribe – one of the wealthiest in the country – spends its money. Except for the ordinances that establish the rules for the tribal courts, the tribe’s other laws and rules aren’t posted online and are generally inaccessible to members.
The right to public inspection of tribal ordinances, resolutions and all expenditures of tribal funds is enshrined in the Constitution and Bylaws of the Seminole Tribe…
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Honor Beauvais’ every breath was a battle as a snowstorm battered the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.
The asthmatic 12-year-old's worried aunt and uncle begged for help clearing a path to their cattle ranch near the community of Two Strike as his condition worsened, his fragile lungs fighting a massive infection. But when an ambulance finally managed to get through, Honor's uncle already was performing CPR, said his grandmother, Rose Cordier-Beauvais.
Honor, whose Lakota name is Yuonihan Ihanble, was pronounced dead last month at the Indian Health Service’s hospital on the reservation, one of six deaths that tribal leaders say "could have been prevented" if not for a series of systemic failures. Targets of the frustration include Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, the U.S. Congress, the Indian Health Service and even — for some — the tribe itself.
“We were all just in shock,” said Cordier-Beauvais, who recalled that when the snow finally cleared enough to hold the funeral, the family gave out toys to other children as a symbol of how he played with his siblings. “He loved giving them toys.”
As the storm raged, families ran out of fuel, and two people froze to death, including one in…