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homeostasis3434 t1_j8rwmcn wrote

Reply to comment by WinsingtonIII in 'Land, heritage and culture protected.' U.S. court sides with Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe by zsreport

I'm fairly certain the Mashpee are a bit unique among tribes in the US in that the integration forced on them was somewhat "succesful".

They were given a town as a Christian Praying Tribe, so they didnt live on a reservation under federal jurisdiction. Many intermarried and had children with white people so the " more than one-half blood" metric didnt explicitly apply to them all either. Their traditional customs were largely wiped out.

But this was done before 1934, so they weren't on the list that was made when the law was passed.

It's like the government decided the tribe was fully "integrated" by the time they defined what an "indian" was.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashpee_Wampanoag_Tribe

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Steltek t1_j8s1o8l wrote

Of course, assimilation and integration are just euphemisms for cultural genocide.

I do wonder where the balance of justice will be found. The "lucky" tribes getting to run casinos while the rest live in poverty definitely ain't it.

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