Judge it!The Indians certainly got the raw deal on most things. But you're forgetting that they also did the same thing to each other. To say they didn't is assinine. And the British did use germ warfare. But most died from normal contact from trading, ect. And America isn't the only place it was used. Mostly in Europe, I beleive.Actually un"Incredible70" most if not all of the Indians in Minnesota were put on reservations. Their past "handouts" included the federal government never paying most of the money that was promised for their land or the food that was promised, not to mention a few diseased blankets along the way.
One of the few things they were granted was certain fishing and hunting rights, which the government also later tried to take away. The Supreme Court ruled that the treaty was valid, so they receive those rights because they were always entitled to them, not because somebody feels bad for them.
It's called the rule of law. How would you like it if your great-great-great grandfather bought farm land and somebody said today that deed or treaty is so old we don't have to honor it?
As far as your last paragraph, ever hear of emminent domain?
And last but not least, it was the Red Lake tribe that depleted the fishery, NOT the non-natives. Our tax money was used to replenish it!
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