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Ceded land/Reservation land

I’m going to be the first person to admit that my knowledge of federalist land reform is questionable, but this issue needs to be addressed in that a Supreme Court decision may be impending over the next few months.
According to an April 30 article in the Star-Bulletin, Hawaii State Attorney General Mark Bennett, under the [...]

Native American rights. Snowbowl.

http://www.truthout.org/article/do-native-americans-have-first-amendment-rights

The San Francisco Peaks are visible from many parts of the Southwest’s Four Corners and have been sacred to at least 13 recognized Native American tribes for at least as long as Europeans have been in the country. Northern Arizona University Professor Miguel Vasquez described the argument that only a part of the Peaks are [...]

Aborigine Constitutional Reform

As reference, here is the Australian Apology from Feb 13, 2008
http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Speech/2008/speech_0073.cfm
Australian leader wants Aborigines recognized
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press Writer
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia’s prime minister, who has won applause
for apologizing to Aborigines for past wrongs, has revived plans for a
constitutional revision to recognize the country’s indigenous people.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was visiting a remote [...]

Apologies for past injustices

Apologies for past injustices seen as first step
Many, including some Native Hawaiians, say more needs to be done
Dennis Camire
Advertiser Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — This year alone, the House has apologized for slavery and Jim Crow laws, and the Senate has taken steps to make amends for the nation’s mistreatment of American Indians and Native Alaskans.
Victims of [...]