[lainie]

The 2003 "ceremony."

[ruthles]

I guess all of the tax free millions in casinos doesn't make them happy either.

[G Larry]

Ignore them, give thanks, and they'll go away.

("2 year old seeking attention" syndrome)

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"Ultimately, this is their land," said Irma Pinedo, a Mexico City native who was among the Aztec dancers taking part in the ceremony. "For us, no turkey today."

ULTIMATELY, history tells us it was someone else's before it was theirs, too.

It's only a matter of how far back the line is drawn to decide who's the owner and who's the squatter.

At some point we have to decide if we're going to live in the past or in the current world, and make the best of it without playing victim.

Nobody likes a whiner, except other whiners.

[Cinnamon Girl]

To the folks who want to trash all Native Americans/Indians because of stunts like "unthanksgiving", just keep in mind how many Native Americans have served in the U.S. military.

[LibWhacker]

An estimated 3,000 people packed onto ferries that set out from Fisherman's Wharf for Alcatraz in the pre-dawn darkness Thursday, according to organizers.

One word: torpedoes.

[muir_redwoods]

The Europeans(and others)who came here acquired the land from the natives fair and square under the existing land transfer rules in place at the time, namely, conquest.

Conquest was how the Mohigans took land from the Pequots in my neck of the woods and it was how all tribes took land from each other during the centuries that they held sway here.

After having the continent for 20,000 years and working it all the way up to the neolithic, they lost it to a group that, 400 years later, left footprints on the moon. The principle at work is called highest and best use.

[Sam Cree]

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[GunnyHartman]

Pissin' and moanin' since 1492

This and Indian Power are the most abundant bumper stickers on the Rez where I work.

[longtermmemmory]

You can't loose what you don't own.

The indians did not have "land ownership". Claiming to own land is only something that started AFTER the settlers came.

(people forget, that the indians thought THEY were cheating the dutch by selling manhattan. In their mindset NO land can be owned.)

This is just more "pro-communist"/collective ownership disguised as something else bs.

[Cronos]

It was a big mistake for us to help the Pilgrims survive that first winter. They betrayed us once they got their strength."

True...