Word: mescalero
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...land but on issues of land use, of rights to minerals and water, of fishing and hunting rights, of tribal sovereignty. Some involve prickly political questions that stem from the unique legal status that is supposed to exempt Indians from control or taxation by state and local governments. The Mescalero Apaches of New Mexico have won their claim to immunity from ordinary state licensing procedures in the sale of liquor on their reservations. In Minnesota, the Chippewas (one of whose honorary chiefs is Vice President Walter Mondale) have won the right to issue tribal auto license plates...