http://www.bloggang.com/mainblog.php?id=vina&month=14-12-2007&group=3&gblog=6
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/12/lakota-withdraw.html
http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/government/native_american/news.php?q=1198177160
2007-12-27 04:41:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I hope they do succeed. Like us, their land was taken, they were massacred and the oppressors tried to destroy their culture and spirit - but could not.
2007-12-27 04:49:46 · answer #1 · answered by gortamor 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's about time the native american peoples got wise to their situation. the treaties, the people, the land was never respected in the first place. the real issue now is what the US govt will do to keep their side of the bargain.
keep in mind TREATIES TRUMP THE CONSTITUTION.
so will the US respect their decision for independence or will they do whatever they can to demonize and further destroy the native american people. all in all, i wish them the best of luck. but i think we all know the white man rather see people wiped off the face of the earth than pay someone what's due!
if they abide by these treaties then other native american nations may do the same. white man don't want that. they stole the land "fair and square". so i expect a lot MORE bloodshed and murder of the native american people who want their land back. think of it as a continuation of manifest destiny. manifest destiny wasn't just east to west, it was north to south as well.
if these people truly want what's owed, they are going to have to realize those treaties are just pieces of paper and they should pick up guns and prepare for a modern day "cowboys and indians" type war.
good luck to them.
2007-12-27 12:54:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anthony Taurus 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I wish I was a native American Indian and I'd join them. However, I'd like to see them try to fly out of the continent of the United States without a passport. I'd like to see them try to get a passport. They have less of a chance of being recognized as a separate nation than people living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
2007-12-27 13:00:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hell, it's their perogative, inasmuch as they're a soverign nation. Doesn't effect me much either way, personally... but that being said, self determination is a HUGE part of what the US was founded on.
I doubt much will come of it but I am certainly interested to see what happens.
2007-12-27 12:47:45 · answer #4 · answered by Mysterious Racer P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe they have chosen the right moment in history. Win or lose, their courageous decision will benefit all of us in restoring freedom in the United States.
My blog on the issue:
http://www.freedomscribe.com/?q=node/22
2007-12-27 12:45:08 · answer #5 · answered by starvingwriter 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Either they stay with the U S and get domestic aid, or become independent and recieve foreign aid. There is no difference.
2007-12-27 12:45:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I seriously doubt it will go anywhere. While history shows that the US has broken treaties it is still history.
2007-12-27 12:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋