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In reply to the discussion: US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations [View all]Archae
(46,322 posts)20. The problem would be who owns what.
Even the tribe that sold Manhattan was selling another tribe's land!
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Is that generalizable? Did all tribes think that? With respect to Manhattan does it matter at all?
HereSince1628
May 2012
#13
The UN is always an 'evil organization' unless it is doing something that one supports. Same old
Purveyor
May 2012
#2
Because our minds have been synchronized to clocks, not the rising and setting of the sun.
gtar100
May 2012
#35
The Trail of Tears story by itself shows how evil the government was in its treatment of Native
libinnyandia
May 2012
#6
It seems to hit home, despite being a false anology and factually lacking.. No surprises there.
Behind the Aegis
May 2012
#27