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Originally Posted by decepticobra
the natives protected it, when the ships arrived is when it started going downhill.
speaking of indian reservations, why do they get the worst land? (deserts, barren prairies, etc).... it was all their land to start with, shouldnt they be the ones putting everyone else on reservations, and deciding where we should live instead?
what do you suppose are the chances of the entire californian coastline being entirely indian land today?. yeah, right.
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MPOV,
It was to "avoid" the needs/desires of the white man.
The very least it was to pay lip service to "the victor granting the poor conquered ones" something they didnt deserved, and the "Christian charity" of the "white civilization".
Now...thanks to some Court decisions, The Native American Nations have been able to negotiate buyback for some,reversal of land grabs.
I sometimes wondered if the 70s showdown and murders of the FBI agents didnt cause a rethink of how the Federal and State governments interact
with the Nations.
Of course how OHP treats Indian Nations EMTs one wonders.