the question is "what rights do indigenous people have to reclaim their losses," i need an opinion
2007-02-26 16:19:56 · 3 answers · asked by edwn94 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Start by looking into treaties. The US government signed legal documents that stated Native Americans had rights to several things yet not one treaty was held up in full by the US government. Most all "rights" issues deal with treaties.
One case example that is current. Klamath Water Rights:
www.klamathtribes.org/water-rights.htm
www.klamathbasincrisis.org/
www.waterforlife.net/Klamath/KlamathEditorial.htm
www.perc.org/publications/articles/klamath_propertyrights.php
www.ncai.org/ncai/resource/documents/governance/klamath.pdf
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&navby=case&vol=000&invol=99-1871
www.sierratimes.com/archive/files/jul/07/arjj070701.htm
There is also the argument that everything was stolen in the first place. Just because the government stole it doesn't make it theirs. It is a double standard.
Another place to look is health issues. Native people have serious health issues because they don't have access to their traditional foods etc... Science is finding out more and more that if Native people return to their traditional diets they are much healthier. Just look at the stats of Natives who have diabities (sorry if bad spelling).
2007-02-27 09:37:05 · answer #1 · answered by RedPower Woman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have the right to not loose in the first place. They also have to right to have rights now but not to adjust rights to then.
2007-02-26 16:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in what time period?
2007-02-26 16:28:07 · answer #3 · answered by Jasmine 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋