A number of you have taken issue with my original post without saying why you do.
What part of the below is incorrect?
Just build a wall around their reservation and lock 'em all in. Wouldn't last long before their situation got even worse.
I"ll give ya this one. It's not terribly highroad but it does seem to be what the Lakota want.
I suppose they could then declare war on the US but we'd just kick their stupid,
North American Indians probably weren't stupid but then they did have complete control of the richest continent on the planet for 10,000+ years and did absolutely nothing with it. Few developed agriculture, few developed writing. On 2nd thought maybe they are stupid.
hunter gatherer
Fact
freezin' in the winter, fryin' in the summer
Again fact
wonderin' where their next meal is coming from
Most assuredly - hunter gatherers live on a day to day basis mostly
livin' in garbage
Again mostly - Indians didn't have much appreciation for sanitation which by the way goes a long way towards explaining one reason why they had an average
life expectancy of 33 years or so and 50% infant mortality rate
Maybe it's the next part that chaps your asses.
I have never got the whole reservation/sovereign nation thing re the INDIANS (not native Americans - if you were born here you're a native American).
Can't argue with that. You can play silly word games but if you're born here your a native.
The Indians were flat out defeated in multiple wars.
Again an indisputable historical fact. We won they lost. The winner gets to decide the terms.
Lots of people wanted to just wipe 'em out but that was not to be. They're lucky they're still around to bitch and complain.
Real lucky.
Eliminate reservations and force 'em to assimilate. In the long run thats what would be best for 'em.
The fantasy paradise world the bleeding hearts want to believe was the indian life style is crap. They'd be better off assimilating than living on reservations for the most part. I live in OK - the vast majority of the tribes here are fully assimilated into western culture while still retaining their sense of identity. Why the rest can't do the same is a wonderment to me.