US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations

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19. Maybe you should read the article

Anaya said Rosebud is an example where returning land taken by the US government could improve a tribe's fortunes as well as contribute to a "process of reconciliation".

"At Rosebud, that's a situation where indigenous people have seen over time encroachment on to their land and they've lost vast territories and there have been clear instances of broken treaty promises. It's undisputed that the Black Hills was guaranteed them by treaty and that treaty was just outright violated by the United States in the 1900s. That has been recognised by the United States supreme court," he said.

>SNIP<

"These are important steps but we're talking about mismanagement by the government of assets that were left to indigenous peoples," he said. "This money for the insults on top of the injury. It's not money for the initial problem itself, which is the taking of vast territories. This is very important and I think the administration should be commended for moving forward to settle these claims but there are these deeper issues that need to be addressed."

The problem is not just any ol' land, but land that was theirs, the aboriginals, through signed deeds with the United States Government, that were subsequently found to have oil, gas, minerals, or otherwise found to have worth for the White Man and then having the land then taken away from them. The Black Hills is only the most famous of the injustices done to the original inhabitants of this country. The United States Government has kept very few of its agreements.


Edited to add: I can't believe the callus racism of some posters here. If the Native Americans were Black or Hispanic, instead of aboriginals, this wouldn't fly very well. But never mind, they're just injians, so who give a fuck, right.
Well I do!