The Supreme Court ruled today that a big chunk of Oklahoma is actually a Native American reservation, including most of Tulsa. Apparently this impacts what laws apply, so state law may not exist in Tulsa any more.
Link below. Apparently the Muscogee Indians argued that their reservation was never officially taken away when Oklahoma became a state. The government believed that statehood rendered the reservation moot, but the Supreme Court disagrees. So as of today we now have an enormous reservation that apparently controls Tulsa, and I bet they buy Dan Snyder's team once they kill off all of the illegal settlers and take their stuff.
I wonder about the other Indian lands now. It seems like other Indian tribes can make the same argument.
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
We didn't. This was the worst land possible we could have given Native Americans and forced them to take it. We then decided to ignore those "treaties" and take the land back anyway. We're fighting against the dictations of U.S. policymakers of the 1800's here.
We have defeated them on the battlefield. Took their land. Forced them off the good land that we wanted, Gave them the worst land in what is now the USA. Then took it again. Forced them to move again to what is now crappier land and we took the good land again. I think we have behaved like the victors the whole time. We could/should have shown some compassion towards them at many times over the years. We could have done that and still be the big dog winners. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
We have defeated them on the battlefield. Took their land. Forced them off the good land that we wanted, Gave them the worst land in what is now the USA. Then took it again. Forced them to move again to what is now crappier land and we took the good land again. I think we have behaved like the victors the whole time. We could/should have shown some compassion towards them at many times over the years. We could have done that and still be the big dog winners.
We show large amounts of compassion towards them. There are nations where conquered peoples fare much worse than here, if they weren’t simply wiped out. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bugeater:
I have no idea what the hell this means. And I'm probably better off for it.
Gonna throw a guess out there and say sec would fuck the big sexy blue whale first, then the moderately handsome dude on the left, 2nd. In a "Rate them" quiz kinda way. Which is his choice, and there's nothing wrong with that.... [Reply]
Originally Posted by Fish:
Gonna throw a guess out there and say sec would fuck the big sexy blue whale first, then the moderately handsome dude on the left, 2nd. In a "Rate them" quiz kinda way. Which is his choice, and there's nothing wrong with that....
Originally Posted by Fish:
Gonna throw a guess out there and say sec would **** the big sexy blue whale first, then the moderately handsome dude on the left, 2nd. In a "Rate them" quiz kinda way. Which is his choice, and there's nothing wrong with that....
bravo! well done!
I was going to say it means you're sloppy seconds. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Couch-Potato:
Just drove through last week. Can confirm I was followed almost all the way through the reservation by a local "cop"?
Interesting. I've driven through the Navajo Nation a few times and don't really notice anything different from driving elsewhere. Of course, it's huge and remote, so most of the time you're not near anything but nature. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
Interesting. I've driven through the Navajo Nation a few times and don't really notice anything different from driving elsewhere. Of course, it's huge and remote, so most of the time you're not near anything but nature.
