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In reply to the discussion: U.S. must heal native peoples' wounds, return lands: U.N. [View all]sofa king
(10,857 posts)35. Assimilation is not a legal defense for the U.S.
This is not a cultural question. It is not a racial question, nor a genetic one. It is a political question between multiple sovereign entities which have entered into legal agreements with one another, government to government.
And hell yes, the "right of conquest" and "assimilation" cards are played by every rube who walks into Indian issues thinking they have a simple answer (including, among others, Donald Trump) which happens every goddamned week (forgive me, I'm having a flashback, here).
I'm not saying you guys are among them, but it would help you a lot to read that Wikipedia entry above. That, at least would separate you from this guy:
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"Do we as a society continue to pour in millions of dollars as we have in the war on poverty?"
bemildred
May 2012
#13
here is the difference -assimilation in fact the very form of English you now speak and write in is
azurnoir
May 2012
#29
The Firesign Theatre used this as one of the core themes in one of their best albums
slackmaster
May 2012
#28