By Andrew Howard | Cronkite News
The audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference had heard the message of low taxes and local control from speakers before.
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But they had never heard it from one group of speakers who showed up Thursday to the annual gathering: Native Americans who called for less government oversight on reservations and greater tribal sovereignty.
“Try to build a road in a national park,” said Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, and a member of the Cherokee Nation. “Try to put a Denny’s in a national park. It doesn’t happen.”
