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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
I didn't have to put words in your mouth.
is give every single one of them 1 million dollars and cancel any future claims to rights land or what ever and get rid of the reservation system
Nowhere in there do you mention making a deal or negotiating. Give them money and cancel any rights to anything else --that is all you said.
I can perfectly understand why you are trying to back off this ridiculous idea of yours, but don't whine when someone points out how silly it was.
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I am not backing off any claim. The current system DOES NOT work for Natives. Something else has to be done. Instead of isolating them on reservations where there are no jobs and hardly any infrastructure integrate them into society, allow them to own their own land and let them do as they wish. As it works now there are to many chiefs and not enough indians. Money gets sent to these band members but very little is left at the end of the day for the common folk.
Did my my remarks sound like we should just go in there and force them to do this? Well I would have to say maybe, but that was not what I was suggesting. Forcing any aggreement on another group will only result in its failure. The treaties that have been signed are WAY out of date and need to be renegotiated to better incorporate the new times. This can be done by working with the Natives.