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limpyhobbler

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15. Let's give them something big like gigantic valuable tracts of land.

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 03:59 AM

May 2012

Maybe we should give stuff to the tribes. Like big tracts of land with oil and gas under it. And big tracts of really good farmland. And some ocean front property. Like really big. Like the size of counties at least. Not sure if that is realistic or not but I thought it sounded good.

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U.S. must heal native peoples' wounds, return lands: U.N. [View all] MindMover May 2012 OP

That we were meant to exist as part of nature annabanana May 2012 #1

Yet those "noble savages" still killed off the Megafauna. Odin2005 May 2012 #4

Yep. That said, what was done to them was - at least - in the same league. Posteritatis May 2012 #6

Oh, I agree completely. Odin2005 May 2012 #10

Yet, the concurrent megafauna die-off in Europe is attributed to climate Mabus May 2012 #16

+1 4th law of robotics May 2012 #17

5 paras. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #2

More needs to be done, for sure. Vattel May 2012 #3

K&R. Odin2005 May 2012 #5

A biased result castnet55 May 2012 #7

Uh, Yeah....... alittlelark May 2012 #9

+1 yellerpup May 2012 #12

"Do we as a society continue to pour in millions of dollars as we have in the war on poverty?" bemildred May 2012 #13

Biased, or informed? sofa king May 2012 #19

Cobell vs Salazar Settlement - a "win" for the Obama Administration PufPuf23 May 2012 #41

so we should only pay attention to studies by white people? Enrique May 2012 #32

+1000 n/t ProfessionalLeftist May 2012 #33

K&R DeSwiss May 2012 #8

My favorite. yellerpup May 2012 #11

K&R! countryjake May 2012 #14

Let's give them something big like gigantic valuable tracts of land. limpyhobbler May 2012 #15

Farcical nonsense Ron Obvious May 2012 #18

Gee, are the Nomans in power now? lunatica May 2012 #20

The Normans stayed Ron Obvious May 2012 #21

LOL! lunatica May 2012 #22

Thanks Ron Obvious May 2012 #23

Did the King of England treat with the Normans? sofa king May 2012 #24

What difference does it make? Ron Obvious May 2012 #25

I've heard of Kennewick man, have you heard of the Ainu? azurnoir May 2012 #27

I've heard of them... Ron Obvious May 2012 #31

Yes, but few of them promised to pay for it. sofa king May 2012 #34

Did the Norman King treat with the English? ieoeja May 2012 #42

here is the difference -assimilation in fact the very form of English you now speak and write in is azurnoir May 2012 #29

Of course Ron Obvious May 2012 #30

Assimilation is not a legal defense for the U.S. sofa king May 2012 #35

OK Ron Obvious May 2012 #36

Yep, even the term "Indian" is contentious. sofa king May 2012 #38

Very informative Ron Obvious May 2012 #39

Is Ghadaffy still listed on the board of human rights commission ? may3rd May 2012 #26

Resistance is futile? AnOhioan May 2012 #37

The Firesign Theatre used this as one of the core themes in one of their best albums slackmaster May 2012 #28

i can sort of see where..... rppper May 2012 #40