Nellie Hicks asked tribal judge Robert Mills for two things; to see the sign in sheets for the 2009 election and to invalidate that election because of constitutional violations of the process for the resolution of the election challenge filled by Nelllie. You will recall that Nellie filed the challenge 24 hours after the election and elections chair Patricia Keliinui dismissed it without calling together a tribunal of Elders to decide on the complain as specified in the Constitution.
The Tuesday hearing or whatever it was, lasted all of 10 minutes. The tribal attorney was clueless and mouthed the same foolishness that Howard Cooper filed in the motion to dismiss ( that he delivered to Nellie, months ago, as though it were a ruling) saying that Nellie filed the request too late. Of course he didn’t know that Nellie filed the request on February9, 2009, because there’s no record of that. Patricia Keliinui has no record of that, indeed.
Just like there’s no sign in sheets…no tribal court , to legitimate government, no audio tapes of hundreds of Council meetings, no land into trust, no sovereignty, no plan for our financial security, no financial report,s no education strategy for the survival of the nation, no respect for the Elders no nothing.
Patty Oakley asked Mills. ” Where’s your judicial authority Robert? We don’t have land in trust. You know this is bullshi-.”
The White lawyer said ” You’re quite the conversationalist.” That boy was lucky Nellie was in the room. Patty gave him the look but not the finger.
Robert said ” I cannot compel the Council to give you the documents.” ” Course,” Patty said ” Course you can’t, you have no authority, plus they’ve been destroyed, if they’re not at the BIA in Nashville.”
If you’re wondering where our man Socabasen was…he was in Salem…and we’re in the ditch with an illegal government of really scary people, negotiating with the state like they’re legitimate.
