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Federal trust relationship with American Indians

Indigenous issues ranging from spirituality and environment to education and land rights

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Mandan

Twin Buttes, North Dakota

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

<html><head></head><body>Opinion here. Applying Â§ 15-35-102(11), MCA, to disallow a state tax deduction does not undermine the Tribe’s sovereign authority to tax or govern itself. The Legislature has simply chosen to limit the class of governments to which payment of taxes … <a href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/opinion-in-westmoreland-v-dept-of-revenue-taxes-paid-to-crow-tribe-on-coal-mine-not-a-state-tax-deduction/">Continue reading →</a><figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter max-w-golden mx-auto text-center"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="" border="0" src="/api/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpixel.wp.com%2Fb.gif%3Fhost%3Dturtletalk.wordpress.com%26blog%3D1804110%26post%3D42492%26subd%3Dturtletalk%26ref%3D%26feed%3D1" width="1" height="1" class="next-image object-cover"></figure> <a target="blank" href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/opinion-in-westmoreland-v-dept-of-revenue-taxes-paid-to-crow-tribe-on-coal-mine-not-a-state-tax-deduction/">read more</a>
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Opinion here. Applying Â§ 15-35-102(11), MCA, to disallow a state tax deduction does not undermine the Tribe’s sovereign authority to tax or govern itself. The Legislature has simply chosen to limit the class of governments to which payment of taxes … <a href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2014/08/07/opinion-in-westmoreland-v-dept-of-revenue-taxes-paid-to-crow-tribe-on-coal-mine-not-a-state-tax-deduction/">Continue reading →</a>

Opinion in Westmoreland v. Dept of Revenue: Taxes Paid to Crow Tribe on Coal Mine Not a State Tax Deduction