And now:Sonja Keohane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
My personal opinion here, only...I agree with the idea that Native
issues should not be equated with the struggles that other cultures in this
country have had.
No other culture, but that of Native Nations, has sovereignty
issues that are so basic to it's relationship to the government and to the
rest of the population of this country.
No other culture has had over 300 treaties with this
government...and the press to honor any of these treaties can can only
come, in substance, from those who live with the results of their
dishonerings.
<http://www.billingsgazette.com/regionframe.htm>
A DIFFERENT KIND OF STRUGGLE
Tribal rights often clash with individuals'
civil rights
By ROBERT STRUCKMAN
Of The Gazette Staff
The road to civil rights for Indians has been a rocky and treacherous one.
Raymond Cross, who teaches Native American Law at the University of
Montana, said the struggle for Native American civil rights since Martin
Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 has been very different from
African-American civil rights.
"Voting wasn't so much a problem for Indians. The struggle for Indians has
been different from African-Americans; the goals are different from
African-Americans - those goals, for better or worse, have consistently
been for participation and integration. For Indians, the goal has been
independence and sovereignty," said Cross, a Mandan from South Dakota.
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