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Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma could get first delegate to Congress in 200 years
- musicale 4y agoActually trying to honor relevant parts of the various treaties sounds like a reasonable and just practice, if somewhat belated. Recognizing that the government is bound by the rule of law also seems like a good idea. Moreover, it seems fair for citizens who are subject to taxation and federal legislation to be represented in the legislature.
- tiahura 4y agoPerhaps after deciding that Equal Protection prohibits affirmative action, the current Supreme Court will finally decide that Equal Protection means no special rights for certain ancestries.
- l3uwin 4y agoReal colonizer hours are in effect I see
- musicale 4y agoBlood quantum laws seem anachronistic, probably inaccurate, and likely unjust. Even ancestry checks could be inaccurate and potentially unfair.
- Fezzik 4y agoWe shall see. The Supreme Court heard arguments in Haaland v. Brackeen last week about this very subject (regarding if the Indian Child Welfare Act violates the Equal Protection Clause). We’ll know the outcome in the Spring.
- rayiner 4y agoI don’t even know where to start with this. Indian tribes are dependent sovereigns. They’re legal entities associated with territories. Membership is based on an ancestry, but that’s true for most countries as well. That has nothing to do with affirmative action, or ancestry per se. For example, the US has certain treaty obligations to Spain regarding land rights in territory ceded to the US in the Spanish American war. I suspect many of the beneficiaries are Spanish or Mexican. But the right arises from the treaty with another sovereign.
- notUrsMine 4y agoHow about no special rights for any ancestries? The only objective truth for humanity is it’s inevitable end, in a decade or a million years. Believing we’re empowering the best equipped to get us a million more years is a ludicrous idea It could be population collapse and rebuilding is the key to longevity at this point. No reason to believe more industrial production is 100% the correct optimization for species success. It’s funny how a supposedly secular leaning social movement still generates sacrosanct poetry about itself.