Alcoholic beverage control policy: implementation on a northern plains Indian reservation.

Dr. Philip May's article in this volume, "Alcohol Policy Considerations For Indian Reservations and Bordertown Communities," represents a valuable contribution to the public debate concerning alcohol abuse on and near Indian reservations, and the range of policy options available to Indian tribes. As a practitioner in the field of Indian law, I am in substantial agreement with the main themes of the article. Therefore, this comment will, in light of some of Dr. May's major themes, briefly examine: (1) federal regulation of liquor traffic and the authority delegated to Indian tribes to regulate the use and distribution of liquor throughout their territories; (2) the need to dispel the "myths" surrounding Indians and alcohol abuse; and (3) the experience of one Northern Plains Indian tribe in fighting the "War on Alcohol Abuse"