silver_haze

Hey folks. Longtime reader, planning on a serious grow next year, and just recently decided to join this uber-friendly community and register. So this is the first of what I hope is many posts. If this topic has already been covered, I didn't see it when I ran a few searches, so just let me know and I'll go read the other thread if there is one.

Anyway, I'm in the middle of small-town Illinois, and just tonight my fiance told me about a place out here that is actually a sacred Native American burial ground. A family bought it, and even though apparently all the locals here know that the guy's a big-time grower, they can't do anything about it because it's sacred ground or private property or some argument like that. A little background - the property is huge, and teens go out there and party all the time. She tells me that some years back, some drunk guy managed to fall off a tree and kill himself, but the news crews weren't even allowed in there.

Does this make sense to any of you? I've never heard of something like that keeping even law enforcement from being able to come in and mess things up for everyone.

I hope this was the right forum; none of the other forums struck me as a better place to post this. I appreciate your input in advance, and happy smoking!

Closet Pigs

Where are you in Illinois? I live in Naperville and my dad has a farm near Peoria that he owns that he grew up in.

I've never heard of anything like that. I can't imagine that there are places within the US that aren't subject to US law.

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Ragdoll

Actually, there are indeed places in the US not subject to US law. Indian Reservations are just such an example. Ruled by tribal law (many of which mirror US law).

I would be rather wary though of planting on tribal burial grounds. Google your little heart out first. Fr'instance, what about the idea that if you were connected to the grow, you would be prosecuted not only for the grow, but disturbance of an archaeological site as well? (I may be wrong, but when it comes to growing, paranoia is a good idea!)

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silver_haze

Well roger me silly with a wet catfish if we didn't post at the same danged time, Ragdoll. Looks like we're talking about the same thing.

I've been to at least two reservations that I can remember - the Makah out by Seattle in '98 and the Navajo in the southwest (don't recall when, now; probably '97). I wonder if there was any pot, and just how much I might have walked right past. Wish I'd been more observant; it might have made the painted deserts a little more interesting.

silver

HappyMan

I believe Indian Reservations are subject to federal law, but not state.....

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Closet Pigs

That would make more sense. Wasn't it ruled that the federal government didn't have the authority to ban substances within a state, and that it was the responsibility of the state government? I remember seeing a post here that said something like that, but I may have misunderstood.

I'm actually part Indian... Cherokee I think. I wonder if there's any way I could turn that into a serious advantage through some weird loophole in the system...

silver_haze

Indeed. I've never heard of that either, with the possible exception of sovereign nations within US borders, and I'm not even sure those qualify either. Just a guess.

I'm out in Mattoon-Charleston due west of Terre Haute. On the remote possibility that you're familiar with the area, the place she mentioned is called Tiles. I'm assuming that's how it's spelled; I'm just writing it the way she said it. I would go into more detail about who owns it, but... you know. Privacy and such.

silver