Indian Reservations,anyone visit one.
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I thought you aren't supposed to bring guns on a reservation. Don't know where I read or heard it though. Could be just plain BS for all I know. Plus how would they know if you had a concealed gun or not. Never have understood that.
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When I was a child my parent stopped somewhere in Az and we observed the little kids whizzing on everything around where they were selling the stuff.The smell of the fry bread still kind of makes me a little queasy
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From: Oroville,Washington.
Most reservations issue small game hunting licenses to non-native Americans,and the Reservations don't preempt state law,at least that I have heard of.
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Also be aware that many of the Pueblos ban photography except in designated tourist areas and
they are pretty serious about it.
Last year my wife and I spent three nights in The View in Monument Valley and it's a nice hotel. The
staff (all Navajo) were very friendly and anxious to ensure that everything was right, but the hotel
restaurant is very overpriced and very average. A mile or so away and across the highway is an Anglo
hotel (name escapes me at the moment, it was where the fort was built for "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" ),
with good food at reasonable prices. We generally ate there after the first day.
Enjoy!
they are pretty serious about it.
Last year my wife and I spent three nights in The View in Monument Valley and it's a nice hotel. The
staff (all Navajo) were very friendly and anxious to ensure that everything was right, but the hotel
restaurant is very overpriced and very average. A mile or so away and across the highway is an Anglo
hotel (name escapes me at the moment, it was where the fort was built for "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" ),
with good food at reasonable prices. We generally ate there after the first day.
Enjoy!
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One more thing I found over the years is watch the porta pottys especially in the south west.Peyote causes the squirts like no one can imagine.In a beige off white colored port john it can be hard to find it until its to late.Couple that with the fact that armadillos are attracted to the methanol mix(about the same as window washing solution for a car) they used in them a port john can be traumatic experience .nothing makes your day more than a little bad food and multiple porta johns that have had a previous fecal fountain with a dead armadillo floating in the hole
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Visit one? I live 1/4 mile from one. The Gila River Indian Reservation just south of Phoenix. They probably aren't like your girlfriend envisions them. Lots of poverty, graffiti everywhere, really depressing places to visit.
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Yeah,that's a fact I wasn't going to mention,the poverty and hoplessness that is evident all over. I live across the river from the Coleville Res.,a million acres,so not so big. My SO is the Registered Dietician for the tribe,pretty tough life for a lot of those folks,but they are genuine. It really hits you in Montana,where the highway fatalities are marked by white steel crosses mounted on poles along the roadside. When you get within 20 miles of a major res.,there are crosses every few yards,many multiples,3,4,up to 6 on one I saw,alcohol taking a heavy toll.Don't know what the OP's gal is hoping to see,but it'll be different.
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Indian reservations are Federal property(supremacy clause). Therefore, state laws are not enforceable on reservations. However, lots of reservations work with the state they are in for the mutual good.
As far as visiting a reservation on purpose, I am Indian and generally avoid them. Besides, it is not like the Indians there are some sort of a zoo attraction.
As far as visiting a reservation on purpose, I am Indian and generally avoid them. Besides, it is not like the Indians there are some sort of a zoo attraction.
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