On 11 Aug 98 at 19:51, boddhisatva wrote: > > > > > > C. Craven, > > > > So the native Canadians get the land and do what? Are they going > to open casinos? Are they going to log, farm or mine? All those are > pretty depressed industries right now. Where are they going to get the > money to develop the land? Do you think the people they get the money > from are going to respect indigenous culture? > > > I think the last time I was playing the slots up in Connecticut, I > might have heard one of the waitresses wearing a bucksking minidress > saying something like "Welcome to the Mohegan Sun, victory for the working > class", but I'm not sure. > > > > > > peace Your snotty remarks, repleat with your own ignorance about Indian issues, struggles and concerns, coupled with your phony and very pretentious and self-absorbed pseudonym suggest to me that you are simply not worth more than these words in response. Aren't there any libertarian nets for you to play on? Oh I forgot, there you will find an whole host of snotty, pretentious, self-absorbed, selfish, now-it-all types and I guess it can get a bit boring with your own kind. Jim Craven James Craven Dept. of Economics,Clark College 1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd. Vancouver, WA. 98663 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tel: (360) 992-2283 Fax: 992-2863 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards Indians; their land and property shall never be taken from them without their consent." (Northwest Ordinance, 1787, Ratified by Congress 1789) "...but this letter being unofficial and private, I may with safety give you a more extensive view of our policy respecting the Indians, that you may better comprehend the parts dealt to to you in detail through the official channel, and observing the system of which they make a part, conduct yourself in unison with it in cases where you are obliged to act without instruction...When they withdraw themselves to the culture of a small piece of land, they will perceive how useless to them are their extensive forests, and will be willing to pare them off from time to time in exchange for necessaries for their farms and families. To promote this disposition to exchange lands, which they have to spare and we want, for necessaries which we have to spare and they want,we shall push our trading houses, and be glad to see the good and influencial individuals among them run in debt, because we observe that when these debts get beyond what the individuals can pay, they become willing to lop them off by cession of lands...In this way our settlements will gradually circumscribe and approach the Indians, and they will in time either incorporate with us as citizens of the United States, or remove beyond the Mississippi.The former is certainly the termination of their history most happy for themselves; but, in the whole course of this, it is essential to cultivate their love. As to their fear, we presume that our strength and their weakness is now so visible that they must see we have only to shut our hand to crush them..." (Classified Letter of President Thomas Jefferson ("libertarian"--for propertied white people) to William Henry Harrison, Feb. 27, 1803) *My Employer has no association with My Private and Protected Opinion* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------