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The Indians who choose to live on reservations represent the lowest form of humanity. No different from any of the other US citizens (white, black, etc) who want to live off similar government welfare.
Your statement about being the "lowest form of humanity" is incredibly harsh and small minded. Call me crazy, but frankly I think murderers, rapists, thieves, forgers, etc., you know --- like all those bad people in prison --- rate lower on the food chain than some poor old Native American woman living on a reservation somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
Government "welfare" is pretty extensive, Trump writes off millions in tax deductions every year - want to throw him, the bankers, etc. to the curb while you're at it?
We are a funny country, we like to keep our advantages and stolen benefits, but preach to everyone else with our self-righteousness. Native Americans should receive a mass amount of land, anything else is crap.
We are a funny country, we like to keep our advantages and stolen benefits, but preach to everyone else with our self-righteousness. Native Americans should receive a mass amount of land, anything else is crap.
Originally Posted by ric_wilbert We are a funny country, we like to keep our advantages and stolen benefits, but preach to everyone else with our self-righteousness. Native Americans should receive a mass amount of land, anything else is crap.
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Originally Posted by Loveshiscountry
No just Washington DC.
Even the poorest tribes would feel shortchanged getting that pile of self righteous garbage. Force the councils and the feds to deed the lands to the people stranded in limbo (and poverty). Let them develop their land as they see fit, and profit from the fruits of their labor. Problem solved.
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Originally Posted by pearlyjones2011
you havent paid rent for our land since 1492,put that in your pipe and smoke it...
All you need to do is present a patented deed from the prior owner to collect your back rent. No deed, no claim. Stop representing that somehow YOU own the land because you have 1/32 something or other in you; most of us of do too.
You never hear too much about the missionaries who tried to show kindness to the "peaceful" native tribes, only to be killed by them suddenly after months of kindness. I guess that if people remove that kind of stuff from history books it's as if it never happened. Lovely.
I don't know where you get this from, rarely did Native Americans attack foreigners without provocation. You have to put it in context, missionaries were used as pawns and collaborators in taking Native American resources. Some Indians were actually slaves to Missionaries. So after the Indians initial offerings of peace to Columbus and his copy-cats were returned with theft, rape, suffering, abductions, etc... its pretty logical that they sent those tomahawks flying at any White man. (See the movie "The Mission" for some of the corruptness of some of the missionaries) I'm pretty sure most people in this same situation would of had it raining tomahawks.
Besides, NM (my home state) has one of the highest populations of Native Americans, in the top 10 somewhere. The NA population here seems like they don't really care one way or another.
They care. But they're busy dealing with health issues, crime committed by non-Natives on their land, and trying to scrape together a living, among other things. Not to mention the 40+ year lawsuit over water rights. Have you talked to them?
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