indian reservations make me sick

[harnold]

Just for those in dark- The Cheroquee of Oklahoma city already have taken control of the situation -

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The nation's second-largest Indian tribe formally booted from membership thousands of descendants of black slaves who were brought to Oklahoma more than 170 years ago by Native American owners.

The Cherokee nation voted after the Civil War to admit the slave descendants to the tribe.

But on Monday, the Cherokee nation Supreme Court ruled that a 2007 tribal decision to kick the so-called "Freedmen" out of the tribe was proper.

The controversy stems from a footnote in the brutal history of U.S. treatment of Native Americans. When many Indians were forced to move to what later became Oklahoma from the eastern U.S. in 1838, some who had owned plantations in the South brought along their slaves.

Some 4,000 Indians died during the forced march, which became known as the "Trail of Tears."

"And our ancestors carried the baggage," said Marilyn Vann, the Freedman leader who is a plaintiff in the legal battle.

Officially, there are about 2,800 Freedmen, but another 3,500 have tribal membership applications pending, and there could be as many as 25,000 eligible to enter the tribe, according to Vann.

The tribal court decision was announced one day before absentee ballots were to be mailed in the election of the Cherokee Principal Chief.

"This is racism and apartheid in the 21st Century," said Vann, an engineer who lives in Oklahoma City.

Spokesmen for the tribe did not respond when asked to comment.

The move to exclude the Freedmen has rankled some African American members of Congress, which has jurisdiction over all Native American tribes in the country.

A lawsuit challenging the Freedman's removal from the tribe has been pending in federal court in Washington, for about six years.

As a sovereign nation, Cherokee Nation officials maintain that the t

ribe has the right to amend its constitutional membership requirements.

Removal from the membership rolls means the Freedmen will no longer be eligible for free health care and other benefits such as education concessions.

[JayN]

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[Ahldagor]

cling to an identifying label and what happens again? this shit's great, but potential of thread isn't growing any more. 2 stars, but can be pushed to three.

[Kayso]

Originally Posted by harnold [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks for posting! The entire thread in collective raises its palm and gives your people one giant "HOW!". Some day your people will prevail. All it takes is a little attention to be turned on the situation.

Or the entire thread in collective gives his people one giant dose of smallpox. Either way...

[Fame]

We're not one people either you faggots, lol

[Fame]

Native history is all a white wash though so I blame no one for not knowing.

[Ele]

If you don't make a reservation for dinner, then you will get naan.

[Rellapse36]

shoulda killed em all

[Kevris]

Originally Posted by Ele [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you don't make a reservation for dinner, then you will get naan.

/salute

[mtb tripper]

Originally Posted by harnold [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've recently visited an Indian reservation for two reasons. Firstly I was looking for a Pocahontas type woman to take back home with me and secondly to buy cheap cigarettes.

What I found there was far worse than I imagined.

I was expecting to find teepees, longhouses, and horses. I brought along with me wood, firearms, and bundles of wool to barter with the cheroquee chief because I did not expect them to just hand over their women to a white man.

When I arrived, there were no teepees, no longhouses, no chiefs, no Indian noises made by covering ones mouth with their hand rapidly.

Instead there were negroes sitting on couches in the front yard of several run down houses smoking crack. Thinking I made a wrong turn somewhere, I asked the little negroe boy I saw dribbling a basketball which way to the chief. He laughed and said something along the lines of "what *****? Yoo ain't see none them *****s".

Coming back with an English to negro dictionary, as it turns out these negroes were 1/36th native American and were still provided with their tax free, lawless territory from our government. They have no desire to get a job and their lives consist of getting whatever they can get for free and complaining about the white man all day (not unlike every other negroe community).

This is an embarrassment to the native Americans of old. It is no wonder they have turned into alcoholics for they are in danger of becoming extinct to the negro.

All Indian reservations are like this, except they are actual native americans, and yes they live in trailer houses and smoke crack and are usually alcoholics. Anyways, you sound like a racist bigot, congratulations middle class American white man.