Well, Ward Churchill has suggested starting over. If you make a map that plots counties in the US by how much government revenue they produce v. how much they consume, you get a big swath though the heartland that contains most of Indian Country.
With minimal cost, when you consider how much the US has benefitted from theft and homicide, you could back up and try again, this time in good faith. Steve Russell > ---------- > > you just have a glorified concentration camp. > -------------------------------- > > I think that's probably a fair characterization. There never was much of an attempt >to build them into self-sustaining economic entities. > > Perhaps Jessop will comment on the South African situation, where the homelands >supposedly were intended to be self-sustaining. > > Was it ever possible for either to be self-sustaining, or were they left with too >few resources from the very beginning? And as you say, the resources they were left >with stripped from them. > > Is the Canadian record any better? > > What would you do today? > -- > > On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:43:52 > swrussel wrote: > >No, the Gates book suggests that the primary failure of capitalism is its failure >to create more capitalists---essentially the natural tendency toward monopoly and >political abuse. He suggests remedies for that. > > > >Indians' land bases, where retained, have not created wealth for a number of >reasons. > > > >They got the land white people didn't want. > > > >In those cases where they have substantial minerals, the BIA took over leasing in >its capacity as trustee and seriously ripped them off--violated the trust. The >Supremes just heard a case where the Navajo Nation is challenging an insider deal >where the BIA forced them into a lease substantially under fair market value by >secret negotiations with the leasee, a political player. > > > >From the questions asked during oral argument, conventional wisdom says the Navajos >are going to lose, even though the case looked strong coming in. It is paired with >an objectively weaker case brought by the White Mountain Apaches involving failure of >the BIA to maintain buildings that were held in trust for the tribe. > > > >Those land uses involving capital were, of course, out of reach. > > > >Those land uses involving specialized skills were also out of reach. > > > >So if you don't have ranching and you don't have extraction and you don't have >manufacturing...you just have a glorified concentration camp. > > > >Judge Steve Russell > >Associate Professor of Criminal Justice > >302 Sycamore Hall > >Bloomington, IN 47405 > >(812) 855-2601 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >> ---------- > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. > http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus > > > > > ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84IaC.bcVIgP.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^^===============================================================
