Dear esteemed State Representatives and Governor Flanagan,

I write this letter out of extreme concern over Resolution 21: A resolution proposing the renaming of Devine State Park.
I am not quite sure what your experience with the Arikoan people has been nor the duration of that, but I strongly feel that events and history are either unknown or are being purposefully ignored.
While they may currently be more approachable and receptive to communication since their so-called Chief seemingly has abandoned them, they were far from that in the past and rewarding them reflects poorly on us all.
This group is arguably treasonous, and are well known kidnappers and hostage takers.

One of the older examples of this occurred only four months ago, when one of our deputies had one of their tribe in custody. They reached out to the Chief of the Arikoan to help translate so the investigation would be correct and so justice would be given accurately. What response they got was: to be so threatened they sent out telegrams for others to come to their aide and were taken hostage and kidnapped. The only way we could safely retrieve this deputy was to consider the criminal's time as served and release them in trade for our deputy back. Our deputies should not have be afeard to never see their families again upon visiting those we give concessions to.

This is not the only example. They have regularly roped up people who visited Big Valley and the lavender fields there and taken them hostage to pay "fines" for their visits or to drop them off somewhere else, often with rough handling, despite knowing that they hold both no power nor any authority to do so. They also have long been adverse to the state and to law enforcement as well as a menace to the lawful citizens of New Alexandria.

Another such example is of one poor man who went up to hunt an Elk and missed his shot only to have 13 natives (Arikoan) respond to him and threaten him with axe and bow. Upon giving into their demands and leaving their land, they rode him down and demanded he give his weapons as tribute for being on their land. When he refused, he was brutalized, tied him up, threatened again, and then left for the wolves (a statement they directly made). He luckily was able to escape by using a knife left on the ground to cut himself free.

There have been many more incidents just like this against our great citizens and it feels like a slap in their face to make such a name change from that of a respected member of the community and former Governor to that of a name preferred by a bunch of near treasonist kidnappers. We have a great many native peoples in New Alexandria who are upstanding citizens, good and moral people, and pillars of the community, but those whose actions are those of the Arikoan are not.

Signed,