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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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7. It's a little matter of 'sovreignty'.

Reply to tridim (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 12, 2014, 10:19 AM

Dec 2014

Not just 'invoking a tribe'. An acknowledgement that they get a few scraps of whatever we throw their way because we stole their entire country and shoved them into tiny little parts of it.

If we had 'fair', we'd hand over every scrap of 'Federal' land to the tribes, and give them a hell of a lot of money on top to pay for all of the land we're keeping.

You're right it isn't 'fair'. It isn't fair to Native Americans that all they're getting is a few things like the right to grow pot on rezes.

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U.S. won't stop Native Americans from growing, selling pot on their lands [View all] kpete Dec 2014 OP

Good. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #1

Except these tribes are not planning to be "smaller growers". tridim Dec 2014 #4

If they're in Colorado they already have, no? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #5

The citizens of Colorado voted for legalization. tridim Dec 2014 #6

It's a little matter of 'sovreignty'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #7

This isn't about the people or their land... tridim Dec 2014 #8

This Strikes Me RobinA Dec 2014 #2

An interesting case of media slant, my local pathetic excuse of a newspaper says the opposite CBGLuthier Dec 2014 #3

DEA has a history of raiding & destroying NA... Eleanors38 Dec 2014 #9