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If the Indians were still clinging to their old ways, living out in the country in a teepee and eating buffalo as a means of rejecting United States sovereignty, then maybe I could understand them trying to remain separate.

Wow. Nice stereotype. Been watching Disney movies again?

DO these look like TeePees, lady?

Exactly. This is what we've all been trying to explain to Arkinsaw and Fairbanks, but they Just Don't Get It. It's all about money, and not about anything else. It's about whining, attempting to make Euro-Americans feel guilty about the fact that we won the wars and conquered the land.

Ah, but when you "won the wars" (which is not TOTALLY true in all instances) and "conquered the land", you made certain agreements for which you promised to live up to in perpetuity - all constitutionally-guaranteed and unbreakable. Deal with it.

"all constitutionally-guaranteed and unbreakable. Deal with it."

Right, just like the fourth amendment, the second amendment, etc. Unbreakable!

And I didn't write the bit about the teepees. I'm perfectly aware that many indians lived in hogans, longhouses, earthen houses, etc. The point that the poster who pointed out the bit about the teepees was trying to make was that "tribal sovereignty" is not about keeping traditional ways of life, it's just a money grab. And you've posted nothing in an attempt to refute that, so we're all just assuming that it's true, and that your response amounts to, "Yeah, so what; we bargained for the money grab 200 years ago, so "deal with it." We deserve special treatment."

It's all about the money. Tribal sovereignty is just a smoke screen.