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

by ~ The Rebel ~ Posted 2012/05/05 15:49:02

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UN's correspondent on indigenous peoples urges government to act to combat 'racial discrimination' felt by Native Americans

A United Nations investigator probing discrimination against Native Americans has called on the US government to return some of the land stolen from Indian tribes as a step toward combatting continuing and systemic racial discrimination.

James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, said no member of the US Congress would meet him as he investigated the part played by the government in the considerable difficulties faced by Indian tribes.

Anaya said that in nearly two weeks of visiting Indian reservations, indigenous communities in Alaska and Hawaii, and Native Americans now living in cities, he encountered people who suffered a history of dispossession of their lands and resources, the breakdown of their societies and “numerous instances of outright brutality, all grounded on racial discrimination”.

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Rusty Shackleford 2012/05/05 15:55:52

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I don't really care what that anti-American organization says.
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S and S to Mark P. 2012/05/05 20:47:19

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but Obamanation is taking orders from them. The UN makes the decision if we declare war and not congress... Panetta says so.

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Muriel to S and S 2012/05/06 14:31:30

When did Panetta say that? And how Did the UN receive the authority to make decisions on peace and war?

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S and S to Muriel 2012/05/07 13:40:35 (edited)

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this has been well known for months. ever since Libya. Mr constitutional law expert has figured out that the constitution really doesn't mean anything and he can do as he wants... haven't you seen that yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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dubbie to Mark P. 2012/05/06 01:22:32

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Dang right

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Vitalani 2012/05/05 20:29:26

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Then perhaps ALL governments of the world should return land to the people they have conquered thousand of years back?

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rustyshackelford 2012/05/05 20:27:37
freebirdie 2012/05/05 20:17:15

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aaaand we would listen to the U.N. ...why?

If Obama did listen to them, and it's 50/50 that he does at this point! (I'm also thinking he will listen especially if they promise him a dictatorship), I suggest we all head south to Mexico since they don't mind coming here uninvited..that is of course after tearing down our homes and all infrastructure, gardens, farm lands etc, oh, and level all cities. They can start from scratch!

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Arnie Yesovitch 2012/05/05 19:39:17

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All you Americans who are in disagreement with the UN in reference to giving back "stolen land" are hereby requested to to speak up for Israelis on the same issue. In reference to Israelis they truly are the indigenous people of their region.I know you Americans go back to the Pilgrims but the Pilgrams did arrive by boat long after the Native Indian population. In any case this is your chance to back the truth for Israel. If you do not you are hypocrites.

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Space Invader 2012/05/05 19:34:10

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Is this the biggest load of crap or what?!

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ed 2012/05/05 19:13:57
Tennessean 2012/05/05 18:51:42

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If we go back far enough, every country now in existance, took their land from someone else, but it is my personal belief that the land belongs to those born and raised on it in the present, not the past.

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Demonic Rat Hunter 2012/05/05 17:39:47

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Tell the UN to F off and then Kick the UN out of the USA. All they do lately is try to tell us what to do.

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Bella 2012/05/05 17:37:00

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This has always been a good idea. Theirs is the native American culture and is important to our history, it shouldn't be lost.

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POWERSHAKER 2012/05/05 17:32:37

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Yep. I agree. They should return some of the land that was stolen. Besides, they were here first.

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relic 2012/05/05 17:19:44

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Let's give it back to the peoples the Indians stole it from whan they came across the Bering Strait.

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Chris -... to relic 2012/05/05 17:56:44

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That is what I always said.......who did they kill off?

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relic to Chris -... 2012/05/05 17:58:00

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...probably how they earned the "Savages" moniker.

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Chris -... to relic 2012/05/05 21:40:35

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Suppressed history tells of slavery, rape, murder, cannibalism, etc. amongst the Indians.

Hollywood and revisionist history tells us that they were all peaceful and just talked to the wind while the white man destroyed them.

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wtw 2012/05/05 17:14:36

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Tell the UN to stay out of our business and get them off our soil!

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Jerry (Iron Priest)☮ R ☮ P ... 2012/05/05 17:12:12

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Who did the people in the United Nations steal their land from? Do they not even know their own histories?

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Wolfman 2012/05/05 17:11:19

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Good Idea. Lets give the American Indians in New York the UN building and the land that it sits on.

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Firefly 2012/05/05 17:05:09

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Regardless of who says it,

It's a nice thought, and all things considered,

MIGHT be a step in the right direction, in terms of racial descrimination...

Whether it's feasible, it this point, I'm not so sure, and may be harmful on the whole ~

Encouragement to the recovery of Native American Cultures, lest it vanish, completely,

needs to happen in some way, shape or form though, as we will suffer greatly without it...

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Grabitz 2012/05/05 16:40:00

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Maybe the Indian Nation it is the small nation that will rise that no one would think about as the bible describes . Not sure they want it back the way it is now .

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Primitive Christian 2012/05/05 16:13:51

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I really don't care much about what the U.N. thinks anyone should do.

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say what? 2012/05/05 16:09:17

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The UN can take their "urges" and shove it where the sun don't shine.

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gregory.ditzler 2012/05/05 16:02:08

hey sometimes the UN is right sometimes the UN is wrong, this is one of those times it's wrong but we shouldn't forget the good they do.

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Wolfman to gregory... 2012/05/05 17:12:23

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What good do they do?

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gregory... to Wolfman 2012/05/05 17:19:00

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Help the poor and needy people of africa, punish war criminals, and sanction rogue states.

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relic to gregory... 2012/05/05 17:25:57

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They did a great job in Rwanda, Ethiopia and Eritrea, Darfur, Sudan, Somalia, ...ad infinitum didn't they. Let's say it together: FAIL !!!

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gregory... to relic 2012/05/05 17:29:00

well they don't have an official military so they can only help out in small more local ways, When the UN wants to go to war they ask NATO but NATO isn't always willing so the corrupt regimes of africa can't really be stopped by the UN personally.

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relic to gregory... 2012/05/05 18:04:36

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Then let's not say the UN accomplishes a damn thing towards keeping the peace even when they send in UN Troops. The world can do without the UN just like it did the League of Nations. Another Progressives failure.

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gregory... to relic 2012/05/05 18:11:52

Well if the UN had established a military branch recruiting soldiers from all the member countries then it might be more powerful, they still have sanctions that hurt Iran's economy you know.

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Wolfman to gregory... 2012/05/05 18:33:32

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And Iran is still building a nuclear weapon.

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relic to gregory... 2012/05/05 18:50:14

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Yeah, those sanctions.... remember the 17 against Iraq? They sure stopped Saddam from gassing his own people.

Watch North Korea shake in their boots after the latest three against them.

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flaca BN-0 to relic 2012/05/05 21:02:13

sanctions have led to the demise of Ahmedinejad. He's out of favor and will be gone in 2013. The other contenders are even worse than he is and more in favor of religious control of the govt whereas Ahmed. tried to lessen the grip of the mullahs on govt. The price of basic foodstuffs has skyrocketed since sanctions began and the people are getting ready to revolt.

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relic to flaca BN-0 2012/05/05 22:51:04

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He'll be missed by some...

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Wolfman to gregory... 2012/05/05 18:32:01

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LOL

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flaca BN-0 to Wolfman 2012/05/05 20:58:31

wiped out Smallpox

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Wolfman to flaca BN-0 2012/05/06 05:27:32

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Could be. I don't know.

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Rusty Shackleford 2012/05/05 15:55:52

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I don't really care what that anti-American organization says.

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