USANews版 - the UN is telling us to give Mt. Rushmore back to the Indian |
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发帖数: 29846 | 1 In case you missed it over the weekend, the UN is telling us to give Mt.
Rushmore back to the Indians
by Rick aka Mr. Brutally Honest
Proving yet again that every dime given to this organization is a dime too
much:
A United Nations fact finder surveying the lives of Native Americans and
Alaska Natives said Friday he'll recommend in an upcoming report that some
of the tribes' lands be restored, including the Black Hills of South Dakota.
James Anaya, a U.N. special rapporteur, has been meeting with tribal
leaders, the administration and Senate members over 12 days to assess U.S.
implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He
plans several suggestions in his report, which he said he likely will
deliver to the U.N.'s Human Rights Council in September.
Anaya said land restoration would help bring about reconciliation. He
named the Black Hills as an example. He said restoring to indigenous people
what they have a legitimate claim to can be done in a way that is not
divisive "so that the Black Hills, for example, isn't just a reminder of the
subordination and domination of indigenous peoples in that country."
The Black Hills, home to Mount Rushmore, are public land but are
considered sacred by the Sioux tribes. The Sioux have refused to accept
money awarded in a 1980 U.S. Supreme Court decision and have sought return
of the land. The Black Hills and other lands were set aside for the Sioux in
an 1868 treaty. But Congress passed a law in 1877 taking the land.
President Barack Obama endorsed the Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples in 2010, reversing a previous U.S. vote against it.
Two things.
This is radical stuff.
Obama endorsed it in 2010.
'Nuff said?
I hope like hell so.
Think about these things in November will ya? |
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