Posted by Bruce B. on Sunday, May 15, 2005 at 7:18PM :
In Reply to: Re: Just because they were here first didn't mean they owned it! posted by Tim Holloway on Sunday, May 15, 2005 at 4:21PM :
Tim. The whole thing is a mess. You are right and just the same, would you walk off your property today without compensation because a tribe claimed historic ownership?
I saw a sticker today that said" Sioux nation; never surrender.'" This was on a minivan, not a pony and I doubt the owner lived in a teepee. I too often see "Indian culture" as a crutch to get government concessions and not as a way of life. Huge sums of money don't empower the tribes to help themselves as much as to sustain a dependent class of people.
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