Posted on 07/13/2004 6:53:14 AM PDT by take
Unrecognized tribe appeals to U.N. Sends delegation to international conference
An Indiana-based tribe that has yet to be recognized by the federal government is sending a delegation to a United Nations convention.
The Miami Indians from Indiana will is dispatching a contingent, including Chief Brian Buchanan, to the U.N. Geneva Convention in Switzerland. The goal is to seek international support for the tribe’s bid for federal recognition, Buchanan said.
The Oklahoma-based Miami Nation, headquartered in Ottawa County is recognized, but Buchanan said most members of the tribe live in Indiana. The Hoosier Miami, based in Peru, saw the U.S. Supreme Court shoot down their attempt at recognition in 2001. An Indiana lawmaker has sponsored legislation to change the status, but that bill has not been successful in Congress.
The U.N. conference is called "Indigenous Peoples and Conflict Resolution.”
"If we don't get anything accomplished, exposure and presence of attending the United Nations under this theme is a necessity for the Miami. Not only to its community at home, but worldwide," Buchanan said in a press release posted on the tribe’s website. "Going over there establishes presence, it allows us to learn, and to bring back lessons learned from other indigenous people who are experiencing the same treatment from their own federal governments."
According to the tribe, the Miami Indians originally lived in Indiana, Illinois, and southern Michigan. They moved to Ohio in 1700 and soon became the most powerful tribe in the state. They surrendered most of their lands in Ohio with the signing of the Treaty of Greenville. In 1818, the United States forced the Miami Indians to give up their last reservation in Ohio. Most of these natives settled in Indiana, but the United States removed them to Kansas during the late 1820s.
Spalding is the heiress to the sporting goods fortune and also senior United Nations/non-governmental organizations head of international delegations.
Buchanan and Spalding talked, and she invited his group to go to Geneva as part of her delegation and attend the Working Group of Indigenous Populations at the U.N.
I'm still waiting for them to recognize my tribe, Levi, and particularly to have diplomatic recognition of our capital... Jerusalem. ;)
Two words: casino cash.
Pretty much. This is just a way to try to force US recognition. The tribe could care less about the UN and the UN would recognize the Amish as an independent indigenous tribe just to spite the US.
Chief "Brian Buchanan"? And his arch-rival Chief Schlomo Bernstein . . . whatever.
Everyone's an Indian these days.
Unrecognized tribe appeals to United Nations
We’re the Fugawi!
"The Miami Indians"
Sounds like a sports team. How insensitive.
Let's say you are right. So, what difference does that make. Do you not want them to be a tribe for some reason?
Maybe it is just to get a Casino going. Is that not better than being on welfare? Just asking.
Besides, in the old days when the whites came to our country they gave the Indians names as they could not pronounce our language. My great great grandfather was named Shortman , his son, my great grandfather was named Williams. Father and son with two different names. Hope this little history lesson helps.
I dont even know where to start on your answer. You are wrong on almost every point. I suggest you get your head out of your @@@ and breath real air. To you, going to a casino on your own and losing money is the same as the Gov. taking it in taxes and giving it to the Indians? Wake up.
If you don't like "welfare", how about "government guaranteed monopoly" like the cable company.
Special UN report : "Unrecognized tribe now extinct, thought to be non-existent from the beginning"
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