Reply #52: A treaty is the supreme law of the land [View All]

I agree with you that the government of the United States whelched on virtually every single treaty entered into with the American Indian. How ever I believe people are people and there were promises broken within different tribes as well. I'm not saying one nullifies the other. I think we should as Americans be liable for every agreement ever entered into. It ain't gunna happen though. My entire point and it may seem racist to you but my point is each and every American Native is an American citizen with all the rights and priveleges that go with that. They also are allowed other priveleges that other American citizens are not. You say subsistence. That is what it is called but they use brand new aluminum skiffs with fifty horse outboards and remington rifles with scopes. Mono-filiment nets and galvanized circle hooks. What about that is subsistence? They utilize the most modern equipment to take marine mammals that are prohibited to virtually every other nation on earth. This is tiring. I want the best for all peoples but I want fairness also. I certainly am not saying that a bum deal wasn't had. A lot of people in this world have been screwed and screwed again. Usually it's the whiteman doing the screwing but where we go from here is the question now. I don't believe one should be allowed dual citizenship. It has a tendency to really foul up the works.