by Derrick Cavey

Created on: April 06, 2009   Last Updated: November 30, 2010

America's Indian lands are full of corruption. Children and adults live in fear. Crimes go unsolved. Authorities continue to just point fingers at each other ("Principles, politics collide"). Tribal police need to straighten up their act, the federal government needs to do more or give more power to the tribes. If these things are done, peace will be easier found on the reservation. In the year 2008, The United States elected Barack Obama, an agent of change ("Issues") . He takes control of a country with many problems. A major problem in the United States is crime on the Indian reservations.

Obama can eliminate this problem once and for all if he creates a new cabinet position; the secretary of Indian homeland security. He promised in his campaign to work in a bipartisan effort ("Issues") to solve America's problem. Crime rates are very high on America's Indian reservation and a majority of those crimes are not prosecuted. President Obama should put in this position Troy Eid, a conservative U.S. district attorney from the state of Colorado ("Which way to turn? "). If Obama appointed Troy as the Indian Homeland security secretary, Eid could help bridge the gaps in Indian law enforcement and suggest congress change American laws that prohibits Indian tribes from investigating and prosecuting felony crimes.

Eid has been recognized for his efforts to lower crime on the Ute Indian tribe reservation ("District of Colorado") . He knows where the government has messed up on Indian crimes and how the tribes have mishandled crimes and pursued criminals federally ("Which way to turn?"). Troy Eid, the United States Attorney for Colorado, is disgusted with the broken system that is found between Indian police and the federal government. He has been revolutionary in solving this problem. He has deputized Indian police so that they can go after these criminals("Which way to turn?"). These Indian police now have federal authority to go after non-Indian criminals and really do not have to wait for the federal government to solve their problems("Which way to turn?"). Troy hopes that this can cause some head way in the splotchy police work that is getting done on the reservations. In Oklahoma, many local governments and tribal governments have crossed deputized their law in enforcement, and it has been very successful ("Which way to turn?"). Troy and his pragmatism would be a great republican to place in the President Obama cabinet.

In 1885, the United States congress passed the

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