(July 5, 2020 at 9:15 am)onlinebiker Wrote:(July 5, 2020 at 8:53 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: They didn't 'lose' this land in a war. It was taken from them in violation of a treaty. The tribes have been fighting in US courts for almost 100 years, so they CLEARLY aren't 'ok with it'.
I dislike to lecture you on your country's history, so maybe you should look up the Treaty of Fort Laramie and the Supreme Court decision that upheld the Sioux claim to the land.
Boru
Yes. They lost a war. They conceeded that by signing that treaty. There were several in the US Government that thought killing all "natives" was the better idea. The treatl (which they never intended to honor) was a compromise.
If the Sioux didn't lose - why did they sign?
When did I say they didn’t lose the war? I said they didn’t lose the land IN a war - the Black Hills were ceded to them to end the war. When gold was discovered on the land, the US appropriated the land under false pretenses and in violation of both the treaty and the US Constitution. Your own Supreme Court agreed with this assessment in 1980.
How can you not get this? The land belongs - legally, ethically and historically - to the Sioux nation, not to the US.
And in case your wondering why I’ve got such a bug up me arse about this, something similar happened to Ireland in the 12th century. But that’s a topic for another time.
Boru
