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Yesterday in class I had a moment of understanding, it was actually like when you work on a math problem for an hour and finally get the answer, and then you say how could it be that simple? What I'm talking about is when Prof. Bacig described the indians as being a seperate nation within the USA. I thought to myself wow that is actually what Indians are. I was always one of the people who was stuck on the fence pole on the issue of Indian rights for hunting and fishing, I just could'nt make up my mind. But when I stop to think about what those treaties are and to whom they were made with and why I really can no longer sit on that fence post. The Indians were and are a seperate nation they were here first and we made and broke treaties that were supposed to ensure their freedoms on THEIR land. It is like Iraq and the United Nations, Iraq kept saying they would honor the no fly zones but they kept breaking their word. Maybe that's not so good of a comparison but it was the clearest for me to understand. I can understand the Indians frustrations and anger a lot better now, let's face it we (our ancestors) broke our word.

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• Re: Indian Nation Jennifer Warrick 18:39:05 2/10/99 (0)
• Re: Indian Nation Melissa Hauglund 13:07:23 2/09/99 (1)
  • We can choose to be better people Heather Koski 15:34:26 2/10/99 (0)
• Re: Indian Nation Katy Martin 16:51:50 2/07/99 (3)
  • Re: Indian Nation Chris Czech 14:11:12 2/08/99 (2)
    • Re: Indian Nation Madena Hanson 19:29:16 2/10/99 (1)
      • Re: Indian Nation Lucas Kirby 11:40:08 2/11/99 (0)

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: Yesterday in class I had a moment of understanding, it was actually like when you work on a math problem for an hour and finally get the answer, and then you say how could it be that simple? What I'm talking about is when Prof. Bacig described the indians as being a seperate nation within the USA. I thought to myself wow that is actually what Indians are. I was always one of the people who was stuck on the fence pole on the issue of Indian rights for hunting and fishing, I just could'nt make up my mind. But when I stop to think about what those treaties are and to whom they were made with and why I really can no longer sit on that fence post. The Indians were and are a seperate nation they were here first and we made and broke treaties that were supposed to ensure their freedoms on THEIR land. It is like Iraq and the United Nations, Iraq kept saying they would honor the no fly zones but they kept breaking their word. Maybe that's not so good of a comparison but it was the clearest for me to understand. I can understand the Indians frustrations and anger a lot better now, let's face it we (our ancestors) broke our word.

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