klondikegrenade

I'm a non-native employed by a Native American tribe in the SW USA. I've been looking at getting into tribal law enforcement and have had several of the BIA police officer I know write me letters of recommendations and put in good words with their respective tribes. My question is this - how comfortable are NDN folk with having non NDN folk enforcing their laws? Regardless what they think of police in general.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Thanks I'll check it out.

Do you find that tribal traditions and culture is at odds with the modern world to such an extent that members of your tribe feel like they have to choose one or the other?

Did you take into account the percentage of crimes committed by race? If 30% of the population is one certain color and commits 65% of the crime then you can't help but expect them to be arrested at a much higher rate than the remaining 70% of the population.