Originally posted by cheap Given that most Native Americans live in the southwest, Natives of US origin and Natives of Mexico/Central America are inevitably gonna merge into one. Let's start getting used to it.

Originally posted by HandsOn They're the exact same people. The only reason they're separate countries is because the French and the Spanish couldn't keep their hands to themselves and started stealing and selling **** that wasn't theirs.

Originally posted by Tropez No they aren't. You're saying all those tribes and nations are the same people. Which is sorta insulting. The Aztecs are not even remotely the same as the Iroquois.

They already got reparations

Originally posted by HandsOn Yes and the Cherokee are not the same as the Choctaw are not the same as the Navajo but my point actually was that there isn't any merit in separating the tribes that were in what we know as the US from the ones that were in what we know as Mexico because their point of differentiation was not in the borders we have today. It was all one land.

Originally posted by avi post a merriam webster link to reparations

Originally posted by OnikaSlays They already got reparations

Girl, not by a long shot. You don't get to say we got reparations when the US is responsible for the biggest unspoken genocide of millions of Native Americans and a cultural assimilation that destroyed dozens of tribes. Take a look at a map of all Native American lands pre-1860 to now. That's how much land that was taken from us and more importantly how many tribes have disappeared since they were forced to speak English and eventually lost the ability to write, read or speak their language.

No one talks about any of this because it's more convenient for their conscience to believe Natives have been given reparations when no one cares about the poverty, alcoholism, crime rate and domestic abuse that occurs on reservations.

And this whole oil pipeline in the ND is proof that even to this day, US in general is still treating Native Americans worse than blacks. Like we're worth less than the dirt we inherited from our ancestors. Even recently here in AZ, Senators like McCain have been trying to force through bills to get rights to our water on reservations. You tell me, where does it end? They keep taking and taking but never giving anything back.

Originally posted by Troye Girl, not by a long shot. You don't get to say we got reparations when the US is responsible for the biggest unspoken genocide of millions of Native Americans and a cultural assimilation that destroyed dozens of tribes. Take a look at a map of all Native American lands pre-1860 to now. That's how much land that was taken from us and more importantly how many tribes have disappeared since they were forced to speak English and eventually lost the ability to write, read or speak their language. No one talks about any of this because it's more convenient for their conscience to believe Natives have been given reparations when no one cares about the poverty, alcoholism, crime rate and domestic abuse that occurs on reservations. And this whole oil pipeline in the ND is proof that even to this day, US in general is still treating Native Americans worse than blacks. Like we're worth less than the dirt we inherited from our ancestors. Even recently here in AZ, Senators like McCain have been trying to force through bills to get rights to our water on reservations. You tell me, where does it end? They keep taking and taking but never giving anything back.

Originally posted by Dessy Fenix But what about the Native Americans in Canada and the midwest???

Originally posted by Troye Girl, not by a long shot. You don't get to say we got reparations when the US is responsible for the biggest unspoken genocide of millions of Native Americans and a cultural assimilation that destroyed dozens of tribes. Take a look at a map of all Native American lands pre-1860 to now. That's how much land that was taken from us and more importantly how many tribes have disappeared since they were forced to speak English and eventually lost the ability to write, read or speak their language. No one talks about any of this because it's more convenient for their conscience to believe Natives have been given reparations when no one cares about the poverty, alcoholism, crime rate and domestic abuse that occurs on reservations. And this whole oil pipeline in the ND is proof that even to this day, US in general is still treating Native Americans worse than blacks. Like we're worth less than the dirt we inherited from our ancestors. Even recently here in AZ, Senators like McCain have been trying to force through bills to get rights to our water on reservations. You tell me, where does it end? They keep taking and taking but never giving anything back.

Calm down I just googled if they did or not and it said they did.