lol Do the indians really want this mess
I got dibs on South Carolina!
The author is missing the big picture and the REAL point of the declaration:
Who will claim to be indigenous to the now State Of Israel?
Which is why this treacherous administration will sign it.
I am in a house purchased directly from an indian in 1917
I’m sorry, didn’t read it all...got this far...
“But then there’s Article 26, which states that, “Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired.””
Got news for you, UN....We, those alive born in this nation, ARE THE CURRENT INDIGENOUS TRIBE!!!!
Where does this crappola stop!???
Enough already!
Well, it might make a mess of Oklahoma ... LOL ...
But, there is an Indian tribe that may have a good argument that would be somewhat similar to the “secession movement” of some FReepers. I mean, some say that certain states of the United States should secede from the U.S. because of what’s happening, and I take it that they’re serious.
Well, this one Indian tribe, has a good argument for seceding from the U.S. too, because of treaty violations by the U.S. Government. It would seem to me, that if that tribe could secede, then it would provide the framework to make it possible for other FReepers and their states to secede from the U.S. too... as seems to be a popular sentiment among some here...
OK. Detroit goes back to the Iroquois.
“United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”.....
And the stupidty train rolls on!
Somebody has NOT been reading the real history.
When the English began to move from Plymouth Plantation, even though they had the King's permission to inhabit the land that was accounted for in their Charter, they asked permission to move onto native territory and they also purchased land from the natives.
There were inevitable conflicts but the natives had no concept of land ownership and yet the English treated them as if they did have that concept and paid them for it anyways.
Oh boy there goes nearly the whole state of Ohio via the treaty of Greenville.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Greenville.
No one was created here! We own this place.
I’ll give them back my land ... when they had me the keys to one of their casinos.