Just because we have reservations, doesn't mean we are foreigners.

OH NO ive been found out

Outed

oh also my BS is in both History and Political Science, forgot to mention the other earlier

If I was placed on that reservation like I should have been, I would have been closed off to United States in many ways.

Only got it in history, but i minored in PS and IR

AH DAMN IVE BEEN HAD kek

good choices

Since I am outside the reservations, I have a unique angle to look at things.

yea I want to change the US governments relations with the reservations to be more symbiotic

You never know or understand the other side unless you are on the other side.

yep

i know someone who is a tribe member that i hope to try to discuss the topic with

I feel that there been attempts to isolate Native Americans into tribes.

I should ask, how does jurisdiction work with Native American tribes?

Yes we should practice and respect the culture, but use is it to keep them isolated and not allow them to participate in our politics?

well alot of them are separate tribes

In our states growth? They are in fact citizens of our nation.

If they arent going to assimilate then yes

I always was under the impression the feds try and avoid interfering with the reservations for fear it would be overstepping the Indian nations powers.

Heres your qasai legal status now dont interfere

See the main issue is with the reservation host states

Pratel... it is more of a isolation and bubble.

they wont just give that land up to become a state

A lot of bad problems are imported into the reservations, but there is no effort to help them solve those problems.

No they dont get to be a state, theyd be part of whatever state they are currently in

nor are they willing to take on responsibility for the land should it fully intergrate

Then they barely get any say in the direction of our nation's growth.

@Blackhawk342 thats the likely result

I don't advocate giving land back, that time has long since past.

the problem is getting the states to take more responsiblity

I think though, we should focus on co-existing and making amends for past transactions by doing something positive to help both of us.

yea

like what specifically?

Why should I stay bitter about the past, the past I wasn't directly impacted by?

You shouldn't. But that's not really something that can really be legislated. And it requires mutual agreement.

well the states and the federal need to take more responsibility for one, instead of ignore them

I'm not sure, my thoughts are not complete because I don't have access to any tribes at the moment.

same

But I feel we can't ignore them and leave them to their own demise.

thats why i want to talk with the tribe member i know