Posted on 01/09/2016 9:27:53 PM PST by Lorianne
The double standard in the media’s treatment of Ammon Bundy and his gang at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is shameful, but the case of the Dann sisters underlines even further the disparity in how non-white activists are treated.
Carrie and Mary Dann, two elderly Shoshone women who have defied seizure of their land, have been repeatedly roughed up and harassed by federal officials and mobs of white ranchers for refusing to cede their claim to land that was illegally stolen from them 30 years ago.
n 1863, the U.S. government signed the Ruby Valley Treaty with the Western Shoshone nation, who laid claim to 26 million acres of land in Nevada, Idaho, and Utah. The Shoshone tribe and the U.S. government agreed that settlers and cowboys had access to the land, but not title. But in the 1970s, the federal Indian Claims Commission ruled that the land no longer belonged to the Shoshone nation due to “gradual encroachment†of white settlers and ranchers. The government seized the land and put $26 million into an account meant for the Shoshone nation in 1979, but the tribe turned down the money, saying they never agreed to sell their land.
The government considers it public land, and to drive the point home, 40 agents from the Bureau of Land Management descended on the Danns’ ranch in September, heavily armed and fortified with helicopters, and confiscated 232 cattle, which were later sold.
The sisters and their supporters argue that their tribe never legally ceded these range lands. Though the federal government controls 85 percent of Nevada, they contend that it has no legitimate title to the land — or the gold, water, oil and geothermal energy beneath it.
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The one consistent thing our government has done for over 200 years is screwing the indians. How many treaties, and agreements have been reneged by either government or court actions?
If the point is that the US Federal government lies and bullies and steals and manipulates, then I am in full agreement. I also believe anyone subject to this tyranny has the right to armed rebellion against the government in the form of a militia.
If the point is that the government isn’t gunning down or burning out “whitey” because they are white, I disagree. It’s because they are armed and trained and committed and have numbers. The US Government already shot and killed a white mother and son in Ruby Ridge, and burned a bunch of white people to death, including lots of children in Waco.
They don’t get to do that again. Not without severe consequences.
Ah the USgobernment still breaking treaties made with First Nations people. Been doing for a long long time
Jimmy Carter, what a nice Christian man.
Interesting. How would you describe the political leanings of this blog?
The facts in the OP are basically correct. The Government’s behavior is/has been despicable. I met the sisters prior to Mary’s death in 2005. They have a compelling story. Basically the Government is waiting for Carrie to die.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dann_and_Carrie_Dann
Poorly written treaty to start with.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/sho0851.htm
The Ruby Mtn area is one of my favorite places on the planet.
I never disputed the facts. My question was regarding the political leanings of the blog owner. What’s your opinion?
Left leaning with a bent of “social justice warrior”. Pretty typical millennial. Better than average writing skills. A touch of white people be bad for flavor.
BTWI assumed you were referring to the author. Not sure who owns the blog and I am to lazy to look it up.
I’m not sure.
I have never visited it until I found this story.
However, you can research the Dann sisters on Wikipedia.
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