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To: Right Wing Professor; SheLion
It's time to end the ridiculous fiction that Native Americans are citizens of mini-nations within the United States.

I agree. I have no problem with the reservations being held as some kind of tribal trust or corporation, I don't even care about the tax issue, or the gambling issue, it is the fictional sovereignty that concerns me. That needs to be dealt with and done away with.

The situation of each tribe should be examined fairly, and if any further reparations need to be paid, fine, although I doubt that it should be necessary, or if so in what form. We have treaty obligations but these should simply be bought out and disposed of, as you suggest.

12 posted on 10/29/2003 4:05:27 PM PST by marron
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To: marron
We have treaty obligations but

Does the other party to the treaty want to re-negotiate them? Unless the answer is yes any ideas about buying out reservations is pointless.
14 posted on 10/29/2003 4:07:41 PM PST by Arkinsaw
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