Submitted by AudibleNod t3_10l8ewr in UpliftingNews
wostil-poced1649 t1_j5whswy wrote
Reply to comment by DontBeHumanTrash in First Navajo woman becomes Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council by AudibleNod
In what way?
Derp_a_saurus t1_j5wj1n9 wrote
Treaty violations, mostly.
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
shockingdevelopment t1_j5wvtmn wrote
Before the 1900s the US policy was "this land is yours...wait there's gold in them hills. You dead"
BrockManstrong t1_j5wz5ny wrote
If you read the links it never stopped.
beardicusmaximus8 t1_j5wz6b4 wrote
Not just before the 1900s sadly.
MuddyWaterTeamster t1_j5yjknw wrote
Google what happened when the Sioux tried to have stricter Covid regulations on their reservation than the rest of South Dakota. The governor worked harder at stopping them then she did at stopping Covid.
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