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Line 33: − Such issues even impact the non-indian government system as well. Consider the [[South Dakota]] elections of 2002 where [[John Thune]] was ahead in the senate race after all votes were counted except for the reservations. With Thune's margin known, incredibly, the results given by the reservation showed that almost all of the reservation inhabitants voted and voted overwhelmingly for his opponent who won by 500 votes. Thune ran again in 2004 and again was ahead by a similar margin, but this time the Indian reservations didn't vote the same after monitors were installed to watch the proceedings. Thune won.+ − −
North American Indians (view source)
Revision as of 11:59, September 28, 2009
, 11:59, September 28, 2009→Today
Self governance is a huge issue, with each of the over 300 recognized tribes having different rules and regulations placed on them by the Government. As with every other political system in the world, Indian People disagree with each other about many issues from how to spend government money to how "traditional" to become, to what religion should be the focal point of the tribe.
Self governance is a huge issue, with each of the over 300 recognized tribes having different rules and regulations placed on them by the Government. As with every other political system in the world, Indian People disagree with each other about many issues from how to spend government money to how "traditional" to become, to what religion should be the focal point of the tribe.
Other issues remain between recognized Sovereign Nations and the US government including mineral right issues, natural resource husbandry and mediation, conflicts with government run museums (as well as a few private museums) over who has the right to various artifacts, what rights modern Indian peoples should and should not have when dealing with artifacts that are clearly earlier than the oldest known existence of any particular tribe (for example, who has rights to archaeological finds at Mesa Verde, which represents an extinct tribe, the Anisazii).
Other issues remain between recognized Sovereign Nations and the US government including mineral right issues, natural resource husbandry and mediation, conflicts with government run museums (as well as a few private museums) over who has the right to various artifacts, what rights modern Indian peoples should and should not have when dealing with artifacts that are clearly earlier than the oldest known existence of any particular tribe (for example, who has rights to archaeological finds at mesa verde, which is not navajo nor pueble, but are a now-extinct tribe, Anisazii).
==Social Issues==
==Social Issues==