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Mon Oct-13-08 11:23 AM
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| Could an Indian reservation secede? |
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I mean, I wonder if they could legally.
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| Taverner
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Mon Oct-13-08 11:24 AM
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"I will fight no more forever" - that guy
He tried to secede, and tried to leave.
We wouldn't let him do either.
Really screwed up part of our history.
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| Democrats_win
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Mon Oct-13-08 11:26 AM
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| 2. Such a statement on Columbus day! unAmerican! (Just kidding). |
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The way the government has handled oil revenue from Indian lands, they probably would be a lot better off.
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| onenote
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Mon Oct-13-08 11:30 AM
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| 3. No. While reservations have some attributes of sovereignty, they are subordinate to the fed gov. |
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See California v. Cabazon Band of Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987)
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| mikeiddy
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Mon Oct-13-08 01:00 PM
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| 4. A while ago, one tribe tried to abrogate its treaty. |
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because the US failed to live up to its treaty obligations. I haven't heard anything about it since though. Interesting approach.
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