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Cannibeans t1_j5warf8 wrote

Reply to comment by 7FukYalls in First Navajo woman becomes Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council by AudibleNod

Huh? Native Reservations are the exact reason it wouldn't make sense for a white dude to be running it. They're sovereign nations

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DontBeHumanTrash t1_j5wbzl1 wrote

Only when its convenient to our government.

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beardicusmaximus8 t1_j5wz23i wrote

Its a sovereign nation! Unless we find gold, oil or uranium.

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HarlesD t1_j5x9vjy wrote

Let's be real they'd take land away if they needed a place to shit.

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Road_Whorrior t1_j5yrqrg wrote

They stole the land near where I grew up to use for a Japanese internment camp despite the tribe the land belonged to specifically telling them they would have no part in genociding another group the way they were genocided. The government originally "asked" to use the land, and when that was refused, they did it anyway.

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Terpomo11 t1_j5xw1cj wrote

The Onondaga seem to have negotiated a certain amount of independence for themselves. For example, I live close to Onondaga land and I've heard that apparently in like the 70s some guy who was wanted by the government fled into Onondaga territory and the Onondaga refused to turn him over to the US government.

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Silent_Ensemble t1_j5z2adp wrote

A lot has changed in 50 years, I’m willing to bet it’d go down very differently today

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wostil-poced1649 t1_j5whswy wrote

In what way?

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BrockManstrong t1_j5wsva5 wrote

Here's a list of cases where the tribal authorities had to sue the US government, beginning in 1940: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/significant-indian-cases

Failure of the The Government to protect Indians on tribal lands: https://indianlaw.org/safewomen/violation-human-rights

The Government asserts it's sole right to prosecute crimes committed against Indians by non-Indians on reservations: https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/opa/online-press-release/solicitor-says-us-has-criminal-jurisdiction-reservations-where-tribes

State crimes are automatically Federal crimes on reservations: https://www.bia.gov/faqs/do-laws-apply-non-indians-also-apply-indians

A summation of American history with regards to removing the indigenous population: https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/native-american/removing-native-americans-from-their-land/

A US Government Accountability Office report on how the US is currently failing the people it sequestered on reservations: https://www.gao.gov/tribal-and-native-american-issues

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tegs_terry t1_j5yvsd4 wrote

And any council leaders corrupt enough to get into bed with them.

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