Not to get sidetracked from the original post, but now another question comes to mind. This is not intended to bash the tribes, so please do not get started on that line of thinking! With that being said, as far as I know, don't native Indians still have to have a state driver's license to drive off reservation lands?

If so, are they also "required" by Clinton's law to also give the state a "social security number before they can get their drivers licenses? Or do special groups or races have special exemptions to this law? So what do the Canadians do if they come over to Washington and buy a non resident fishing license? What social security number are they going to use?

What happens when if you're still just a kid (15-18 years old) and you have never worked for wages yet and you have not applied for, nor received a "social security number"? Does the "state" have the legal right to "force" a person under 18 to secure a social security number just in order to go fishing or hunting?

Where is the ACLU or other civil rights groups when we really need them?


Cowlitzfisherman