“They also provide land for farming, timber and other efforts to make the tribes self-sustaining.....”
Not to mention BILLIONS in gambling ...
In the end, they might buy back the entire continental U.S. and where will we go?
Let the indians buy land the same way we do....in fee. AND THEY CAN'T HAVE IT UNTAXED. They are US citizens.
They've gotten away with an awful lot over the years because of our goodness. They followed the rules of "conquerer" when it suited them. They're like little sneaky kids...who don't want to do their chores. Too bad. They could have been great. Too lazy!!
Given the fall of the dollar, wampum probably has some value these days.
Hey Fish Hawk... I got several thousand acres of undisturbed land 42 miles west of the town of Klamath I’d like to sell you...
Native American tribes tired of waiting for the U.S. government to honor centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trust.
Okay, the first part of the sentence sounds encouraging but the ending shows that some people never learn.
“federal trust”
Isn’t that a contradiction of terms?