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2005-05-26 Home Front: Culture Wars

Senators Weigh Indian Apology Resolution

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Posted by tu3031 2005-05-26 16:54|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Interesting. I wonder what actions Indian leaders will ask to come along w/said apology. Watch for reparations to rear its head.

Posted by Chase Unineger3873 aka Jarhead 2005-05-26 20:31|| 2005-05-26 20:31|| Front Page Top

#2 add'l slot machines allowance

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-26 21:12|| 2005-05-26 21:12|| Front Page Top

#3 The big question, and the real mofo everybody is cringing from is the eventual re-negotiation of all Indian treaties. Many of the existing treaties are unintelligible, literally with large chunks making sense neither linguistically or rationally. This has resulted in a huge gaps in federal law that *has* to be resolved, and fairly soon, as the tribes are rapidly developing, yet are terribly disconnected from US civil law, from top to bottom. But how this is to be done is the $64 question. Some proposals suggest a national Indian parliament that would work opposed to a US federal equivalent commission, over the course of decades, to produce treaties that would cover the gamut, and even incorporate indigenous peoples such as Hawaiians, with whom there is no treaty right now. It is a right royal mess.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-05-26 22:05|| 2005-05-26 22:05|| Front Page Top

#4 As for the reparations, the Indian Dept. (whatever its proper name is) has been accepting cash deposits from Indian individuals and tribes for over a century... but never bothered to keep any records. So there is no question that the Indians are owed a great deal of money, but nobody has any idea how much. And that's before even thinking about reparations.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-26 22:28|| 2005-05-26 22:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Oklahoma's approach is that lands designated for Indians are like independant city-states. They have their own taxes their own law enforcement, their own courts. It seems to work pretty well, far as I can tell. Give them a sense of family, important to this part of the country, and eliminates any possibility of further federal support, and changes the definition of indigents.

BTW: apologies don't work. let them get on with their own lives does.

Posted by badanov">badanov 2005-05-26 22:53|| http://www.rkka.org]">[http://www.rkka.org] 2005-05-26 22:53|| Front Page Top

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