UN investigating USA treatment of Native Americans

[BDBoop]

The United Nations To Investigate The US Government’s Treatment Of Native Americans (Interview) | Addicting Info

This year, for the first time in the history of the United Nations, the UN has decided to open an investigation on the US Government’s former and current treatment of Native Americans. The country’s estimated 2.7 million Native Americans live in federally established tribal areas called Reservations which are plagued with unemployment, alcoholism, high suicide rates and other social problems.

Aside from social issues, US Native Americans are involved in continuous disputes over sovereignty and land rights with the US and State governments due to enduring violations to their territories and rights.

The human rights inquiry is led by Human Rights and Policy Professor and a Native American, James Anaya. I had a chance to interview Ms. Charmaine White Face who is one of the advisors and the spokesperson for the Sioux Nation Treaty Council. She is also the founder and Coordinator of Defenders of the Black Hills.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

They can investigate all the want, they have no authority inside the United States. Unless your hero Obama and the Senate Democrats give it to them illegally and Unconstitutionally.

 

[BDBoop]

Did you read the article?

 

[Swagger]

Seems like a complete waste of time and money to me.

 

[BDBoop]

Why?

 

[Swagger]

Why?

Well, for starters: who on earth are they going to punish? Just seems like another excuse to line the lawyers' pockets. Will the UN be investigating the Italians for the injustices and displacements carried-out by the Romans?

 

[BDBoop]

One wrong at a time.

 

[BDBoop]

What we wanted as the American Natives is that the Declaration implemented by Natives not by the US Government. Declaration states that each country must implement it individually, but we want our people to implement it, unfortunately that will not happen. Throughout the UN debates, every time we mentioned self-determination –because that is what we want, full and complete self-determination, we are a nation- US representatives would refute and say “we already gave self-determination to our Native Americans through their tribal governments.” What they don’t tell to the rest of the world that USA created those governments. They are not our traditional form of government. The USA has total control of these tribal governments, and that’s how they dictate to tribes how we are supposed to live. If we try to expose corruption or any other dysfunction in our governments, they will block it immediately.

It does sound like somebody outside the system needs to get involved.

 

[Sunni Man]

It does sound like somebody outside the system needs to get involved.

What a load of crap.

Each tribe has their own land; tribal police, courts, legal system, and government.

Heck, they even issue tribal car and motor cycle tags and collect the excise taxes.

 

[BDBoop]

It does sound like somebody outside the system needs to get involved.

What a load of crap.

Each tribe has their own land; tribal police, courts, legal system, and government.

Heck, they even issue tribal car and motor cycle tags and collect the excise taxes.

Did.

You read.

The article.

 

[Sunni Man]

Did.

You read.

The article.

Yes, is all about power and money.

Nothing new.

 

[BDBoop]

You didn't? Then move along.

 

[Sunni Man]

You didn't? Then move along.

I said yes; what more do you want??

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

You didn't? Then move along.

We just all see through the bullshit, which apparently was put out there for someone exactly like you.

 

[BDBoop]

What bullshit would that be.

 

[Sunni Man]

This is the sovereign nation of the United States of America.

We Do Not need the UN, or any other country, or commission, to investigate our internal affairs. Period

 

[Huey]

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[BDBoop]

Huey, go poop in another thread.

Good boy.

 

[whitehall]

The question is whether president Obama will acknowledge the UN's jurisdiction. The proper name in the US is Native Americans these days but in Canada they refer to them as "Aboriginal Canadians" and it seems that the UN announced an investigation into the alleged case of close to a thousand missing "Aboriginal" Canadian" women since the 80's. That;s a serious charge and there isn't much coverage about whether the "bar scene from Star Wars" aka the UN has actually authorized investigators to preempt the polite Mounties.

 

[Dr.House]

They should call in an expert in Indian affairs, like Elizabeth Warren....