Riz Khan - Native American Rights - 10 July 08 - Part 2

[brut2011]

Do not belive this FOOL!!.. Russell Means DOES NOT REPRESENT THE LAKOTA NATION!...We did not vote him as our representive he's only doing this just to get himself "he's 15 mins of fame" out there. He stole money from AIM & All monies from AIM back in the early 70's during the AIM Uprising..He's just trying to get money for himself..thats why he's living out in colorado..they told him if he comes back to South Dakota, They'll kill him!..He was kicked out of South Dakota by the The Siouxs.........

[hint0122]

every tribe is already considered to be a sorvereign nation , so what more do they want?

[3treU]

Taxes are illegal in United States and Canada check out yourself, If I am American, I vote for Ron Paul no more taxes, no more bullshit and more support from to the people.

[AdventOctober]

Very smart man.

[petersz98]

USA = 卐

[jamil316]

As a Pakistani / American I support the Republic of Lakota....

[hint0122]

you are either an pakistani, or an american, not both.

[yien]

@gatita77711

i see your point. i don't 100% agree but that does not make you wrong. ross & ridge are perfect examples of how whites are the problem. not white as just a color but white as a culture, an ideology. am gross generalization of 'western culture'.

-you have good points as well...

good night to you too

[yien]

@gatita77711

sadly enough, some ppl have to sacrifice and have a hard heart so that we can survive. it is like language. you can't speak spanish to chinese. speaking the language of the red road to a christian is pointless, they understand a different language. while you may have a conversation it will not be fully understood until you speak their language to them. the old ways don't work on them...500 yrs of evidence for that.

[yien]

@gatita77711

i am not sure why you are directing this at me. i know that some 1/2 bloods and even 1/4 bloods can have heart. and some full bloods are full apples. as for the cherokee my personal opinion is ridge and ross were bad. they were both doing what they thought was best for their ppl, however they were both trying to emulate white society, so either way the true natives lost. when we adopt their ways we lose our own. you can't turn left and right at the same time.

[SupraSovereign]

Doesn't Legal and Lawful mean the same thing?

I'm with you, Mr. Means, however, I still believe that to be fully independent, one must have the two vital powers in tact.

[yien]

@trueemperors

only 2 parties have a chance at the white house. that is what he means. you know that. look at what happened with macarthyism if you even looked like you wanted to vote for the communist party. i am gonna take a wild stab in the dark and say you probably watch fox news too.

[yien]

@trueemperors

1. if you are white in america you are part of the problem.

2. drugs & drinking are from the whites

3. if by "our own fault" you are talking about not killing you earlier...then yea....you are right i guess

[yien]

@trueemperors

unfortunately most tribal gov't are puppets set up by u.s. placed in power for a reason

[yien]

@trueemperors

over 100 yrs ago? we lost half of our reservation 40 yrs ago. my dad wasn't allowed to go to school until 8th grade when integration happened. bill clinton stopped the forced sterilization of indian women without their consent, leonard peltier is still locked up for over 30 yrs now, about 100 AIM supporters were murdered by gov't agents in the 1970's....100 years ago??? your math don't add up man!

[yien]

@locknez1munster

so the white kid that has grown up with university being normal for countless generations is the same as the indian kid whose parents weren't even allowed to go to school? honestly? same opportunities? people on the rez drink because of a dependency on sugar, as a result of a high starch diet of commodity food because hunting was illegal and you can't farm non-arrable land (white ppl got all the farm land). cause and effect man...colonialism is the problem, and its effects

[Warriorcheif1]

This is what all First Nations peples should do, we should also unite and make our own form of federal government with each tribe following thier own laws like each state does

[seanredsky]

@Warriorcheif1 It was already tried and failed. Without infrastructure and the revenue to fund it, nothing of the sort can be sustained. In order to leave the boundaries of the individual nations, people would be required to pay to use US roads. Also, licenses issued by individual nations do not have to be recognized by states since those nations would then be considered foreign countries. There is alot involved, certainly too much to say on this short blog.

[SPS148669]

Alzeera is from the middle east I noticed they been making lot Native American videos regarding the Native peoples of USA and Bolivia.Native Americans, Middle Easterners and Africans should unite to take on Western Imperialism comming from Western European and East Asian decent countries. The Native American government (Evo Morales) in Bolivia are already starting up a trading block with Iran just like Europeans and Asians do.

[galegregory97comcast]

thanks rm

[wovokanarchy]

So Russell Means is like Ghandi? Also, does Mr. Means represent the entire Lakota Nation? Is Mr. Means the elected Grand Chief of the Lakota Nation? And didn't this individual beat up his elderly father in-law and then claim the Navajo Nation has no jurisdiction or sovereignty over his personhood?

[lmollot]

WHERES THE GRANDMOTHERS CLANS? WILL THEY EXPLOIT THE LAND COAL MINES-WHITE MANS MEDICAL OR HERBALISTS/ AND WHITE MANS EDUCATION AND OUR RESULTS - OR GRANDMOTHERS AS TEACHERS OF EACH GRANDCHILD- TEACH SELF SUFFICIENCY IN NATURE- SO WILL THEY PRESERVE THEIR CULTURE SCHOOLS GOAL IS GENOCIDE

[TheresaJewel]

I respect Russell Means and the attempt to form an independent republic, but in the class I mentioned to "Dealz1988" someone said that the US government would never give them North Dakota because that is where a large part of the atomic rockets are. Maybe they should ask for and/or reclaim all areas EXCEPT these rocket locations. However, they must go about this in a LEGAL, non-threatening way. Otherwise, the USA might declare them terrorist and throw them all in prison.

[industrialhemprocks]

they will find an excuse to kill us? wow that sounds like a stupid statement your trying to convince people to be scared of the us government. you a chump kid.

[yien]

@industrialhemprocks

you don't think they would kill us? how naive are you? they just stopped illegally sterilizing native women without even telling them when clinton became president! 2 girls only 15 yrs old went to IHS to get tonsils taken out got sterilized. most of the supporters of the american indian movement ended up murdered by the u.s. gov't. i don't know what world you live in but i am pretty sure you never lived on the rez.

[SupraSovereign]

Someone tell Mr. Means that they are attacking them and will do so just like they are attacking the white man, through the air, the water, the food, etc. What the US government will do is find the decision maker and threaten that they'll send in the 101st airborn and blow them into Native American eternity. Then, they will offer the sell outs a great position and some business opportunity. The NDN will back down and take the graft.

[robfergusonjr]

@SupraSovereign That will never happen.

[SupraSovereign]

When Obama is finished....Native Americans will have the right to go back to work and become enslaved like everyone else. How is that for equality?

[robfergusonjr]

@SupraSovereign I'm working now under the nig prez.

[kumar9777]

russel means is a bitch that needs a nigger dick so he can purify fucking native american and fuck him so hard up his ass

[robfergusonjr]

@kumar9777 lol ... nigs are nothing but the slave race, they don't know how to do anything right.

[missionaryoffaith]

i vote 4 this man....... love his let him rise for the americas

[missionaryoffaith]

@MrIndianSupporter

agree to a point ,,, the generations know are sheeple or sleeples, and don' even know what the hell is and has been going on for a long time........... i am white not by choice, , but carry no hat in my heart 4 anyone / thing....my heart bleeds for these ppl of the land and i will not vote 4 another president until it if a wise from the land.....

[InfiniteMushroom]

If you find out how to become a citizen or, better yet, a freeholder in the ROL, let me know!

While the ROL is about the Lakota, I feel certain they would welcome like-minded people who see the big picture as Russell Means does.

I hope they will require a 5-7 year naturalization period and make citizenship a treasured thing that must be earned. The idea of cheap citizenship, as America has done, has proven to be a total failure. The ROL must never repeat America's failures.

[immortal4942]

the Americans came in and forced the natives into their citizenship. i dont see why they shouldn't give them land. But then again Americans attack and take lands without any reasonable consideration.

[BigOrangeTitan]

@immortal4942 Yeah and the Canadian governement treated its Natives with respect. At least until the Canadian government admitted it was a lie.

[InfiniteMushroom]

Russell Means' critics should read his autobiography to understand the hardscrabble life he led and what brought him to his worldview.

LicentiousSlut's rhetoric is pure Neal Boortz. The very things he detests is what the Republic of Lakota is trying to separate from. Yet, Slut doesn't want to see the Lakota get what is rightfully theirs via the original Fort Laramie Treaties of 1851 and 1868

The Lakota ARE VICTIMS OF FRAUD AND BETRAYAL in the most correct sense. They DO have legit grievances

[BoudiccaBlanc]

Riz Khan's interview with RM is still timely.

Native Americans have been oppressed by the US government. RM is also right about land vs. money.

[mayawarriorprincess]

I'm a Palestinian American here in California and I support the Republic of Lakota. I respect and admire your efforts to overcome. Russel is so right when he says that in America with the property tax we can never truly own our property. With all of our human potential towards invention, why is it that we become stuck in box-like thinking. The box has to be be broken down; we must work outside of it to think of a better way of doing things.

[hint0122]

first off, you are either an american or Palestinian, not both.

[mayawarriorprincess]

@hint0122 I don't fit in your box. Get over it.

[hint0122]

its not just mine, its common sense. if you are Palestinian, go home. if you are american, fine.

[mayawarriorprincess]

@hint0122 That's not common sense. American is not an ethnicity. It's a nationality.

[hint0122]

so saying you are both, what are you trying to prove or say? that you identify with both counties, bullshit. there is no room for dural loyalty. I don't consider myself a german american, I am a american.

[hint0122]

here is a quote from someone who knew what he was talking about."There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all.

[hint0122]

The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality,

[hint0122]

than with the other citizens of the American Republic... There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

[mayawarriorprincess]

@hint0122 T.R. is referring to hyphenated nationality. My nationality is not hyphenated.

[hint0122]

then what is it? are you Palestinian or an American? which are you more loyal to?

[InfiniteMushroom]

I d love to see the U.N. officially recognize the Republic of Lakota and the extended boundaries claimed by it. The joke would fall on the U.S. gov't because our treaties with the U.N. have to be honored! Russell Means and survivors of Wounded Knee should be declared as Founding Fathers of ROL

Borders must be declared and enforced. ALL U.S. military and State police have to leave. The ROL has to be careful about who they extend citizenship to. Lakota are automatically granted freeholder status.

[nokiannie]

I would love to become lakota would be something else would i be welcomed

[RealSkyDiver3]

here in canada our garbage dumpsters are run by a company called BFI, The joke is that it stands for BREAKFAST FOR INDIANS. lol

[puertoricoindepencia]

If this goes through, all native americans can join the republic of lakotah and get treated right.

[Andreazor]

I hope this succeeds. Warmest and most heartfelt wishes and cheers from Sweden!

We have territorial disputes with our natives, the Samé, but they're not bad and the Samé themselves are very well off, they have the same healthcare as everyone else in this country, they live by the same standards as everyone and are very much a part of our society yet still retaining their culture and heritage.

I wish the US would do the same for their natives. They owe them that.

[ogomar]

thats awesome !!! lets go lakota!! taino love

[chetansingh2006]

Hello whats the current situation with Native Americans are they still in reservation and when do we see u owning land which is rightfully yours.

[AnahuacRising]

please make this happen!!!

i am indigenous from central america

and i really hope this goes through

[bravemgl]

free republic of lakota  hayaa

[Dealz1988]

He should gather the support of all the native tribes in America. Sense the population of American indains is not very high. They should just take all their money band together and Buy the land back legally.

Because I can tell you now the United States is not gonna give it to them.

[olmeca26]

Dealz1988 said "They should just take all their money band together and Buy the land back legally".

yeah buy it back the same way the US bought the land from us legally.

Maybe we should sign some documents with promises of of payment and call them treaties and leases and renege on them the same way the US has reneged

[Dealz1988]

Am sorry brother I didn't mean to offend you. I didn't even know the U.S. brought the land from you guys at least not the Sioux anyway. I thought they just took it and put you guys on Reservation's. From what I read and the movies I know they tired to offer the Sioux I think 1.3million or something like that for the Black Hills so they could dig for gold but they didn't wanna leave which I wouldn't either.

But hey you got a 100% supporter in me No Taxes i'D be their in less than 5

.

[olmeca26]

Dont worry you didnt offend me ,I was being facetious.

The US didnt buy any land from any natives if fact the whole continent was basicly taken from the indigenous people with out paying for it.

The European realized we had no concept of land ownership and took advantage of that.

However the US does owe native tribes million and millions of dollars in past agreements and refuses to pay .

[Dealz1988]

I hear you brother am African American. They still oh us 40 arce's and a mule LOL

[olmeca26]

They promised us that as well,many dont know this.

still waiting also.

[TheresaJewel]

@Dealz1988 - I presented this news as part of a class called "Native Americans in the News" and an African American asked the same question. I intend to do some research on that subject. I will try to send you a link when it is completed.

[mastercchan]

thanks for sharing with me aho

[nokiannie]

This great warrior makes me cry because I would give anything to be lakota .I dont believe in material things . I agreed with everything he said .The Lakota land is worth more than any amount of money .IIm far from being native but i believe in the way they do I just love this man he enspires me a lot .If i could change this life i would in a second i dont feel like i belong in this world .I would realy love to contact him because we feel the same way and i realy feel i could help in some way

[nokiannie]

I am from Scotland but i have got to know and love many native American and South American tribes and im so sick of tired of my friends telling me how they are treated so badly .They should have the respect for the great warriors they are .I just love these people and i would give my life for my Apache friend's if i had to They work so hard to preserve the wild life in the White Mountains .They dont want hunters there and they will die to save even one wolf .Riz please tell me how to fight to

[HellsHenchman1223]

anyone who can forward information to me for me to contact this man to see about going on some kinda of list.

I would like to help.

[pixienumber9]

All he is asking for us to do is to visualise, there land and them being FREE again, that is easy for us to do as it will help to bring it to fruition, Much Love

Namaste

[ancestralblue]

Russel Means speaks the truth. He is so right on with regard to money. It's offered to buy away rights and is in truth worthless. The ones who print it do so as a means to keep the civilized slave system in place.  Money is a collection of symbols on paper that has no real power but COLLECTIVE BELIEF. Means knows the truth. The best way to beat it is to refuse to be pulled into the money game.

[yayaperkins1]

I don't think more true words have ever been spoken in one speech!!

[HeadToucher]

I hope he succeeds. The American government is Imperialism. Blacks and Indians were fucked, while the Whiteman's children is running around in 30,000 sports car drinking beer. If that guy does succeed (which is unlikely) I will be the first to denounce my citizenship from this tyranical country.

[DanieljDixon]

When you belong to a Nation led by evil men who do evil things for the good of the few... when you live in a society where the trend is to embrace evil, produce evil & relish in it... when your schools & universities are used for mass indoctrination rather than objective education... when you have a clear glimpse that your governments goals are more about enslavement, than rights & prosperity... it is not only your right to secede, but your responsibility. danieljdixon supports >>>~~~~~~~~~~~>

[bennymcfarlane]

This is exciting.

[jennifer1003]

Thank you Russell for all the work you do to defend your people. I read your bio & loved it! Im behind you all the way!!

Im a big supporter of the NARF! And support other Native American causes!

As an English/Irish American, I support all Native Americans!!!

Go Russell!!

[suspendmeassholes]

bada bat bita da ta ba ta dba ta biti ba ta

what is this bullshit music in the beginning?

[iKnowYouSeeThis]

Russell Means!!!!!

[chetansingh2006]

Mahatma Gandhi is a Legend of India thanx u

[chetansingh2006]

Tell the whole world Native American are real Americans take care from India

[Captaintikei]

We the Maori People recognise the Lakota Republic!! Decolonisation now! We have to establish Diplomatic Relations with you and help each other. It would be a good to send Cultural Ambassadors to each other for learning.

Tihei Mauriora!

[chetansingh2006]

yes only native tribals understand environment concerns

[yien]

@Captaintikei

we need an indigenous united nations...forget the white peoples borders.

[fosterd27]

Russel Means and Barack Obama need to have a talk. They can share each other's ideas about government.

[clg26]

Yeah but in the end you still pay taxes and "we" do not. There is a reserve here making 40 million a year. I'm in Canada BTW and not all of us are drug sniffing or addicted. You might travel on major highways but come down this area and you'll see a big difference. I've seen more white people drunk while visiting the U.S. then I have Native people. Same goes with European drinkers (Russian vodka, Russian drunks).

[clg26]

The bottom line is that Russel Means has the best approach right now. Every other Tribal Nation will eventually catch on to this. Even if some corrupt reservation leaders don't like it; the fact is, this is the future of the Tribal Nations. Russel Means is ahead of his time. America is going through economic crises right now and if the Lakota detach themselves from them, then the Americans can setup a better free trade with a separate Nation (The Lakota). This is a perfect idea.

[clg26]

Name me one Palestinian person who can claim the massive genocide Native people of the Americas went through? Name me one Palestinian who can actually claim to have their entire language ripped from them, their land stolen, and their entire "race" brought to near extinction. Then I will debate but honestly you will not be able to find a Palestinian who is able to match any genocide that Native Americans went through and continue to go through.

[clg26]

Here in Canada I got a new house, don't pay taxes, and my education/health is paid for. Careful where you step before you lump all "Native American" people into one category.

[seebistoo]

IT is POssible go for it...

[Taranau]

I've watched a video,where he thanks the cameraman for showing up,saying that if the national news won't show,that one guy will do.And yeah,he should complain.I think he was just happy to be getting an audience again,with Riz's show.

[Taranau]

I was echoing your comment:The reason that "it is just that mainly people vote for those two" political parties is because "the news media pays attention to only those two" political parties And yes it is the fault of the news media They have taken it on themselves to choose the candidates and election results And it is a game they are playing on us

[Taranau]

The land is forever,monetary compensation is controlled by the international banking conglomerations.Money can be given and it can be taken away.

[Taranau]

and the news media pays attention only to those two parties.except to portray the others as lunatic fringe.

[brandoncipelle]

as a white person i have to say i am sickend by the comments HELLO WE RAPED THE INDIANS stole ethier land took there people forced them to march where many died and you can't see the inherent wrong in that my friends you belive the great amercan myth. Russle Means is a great inspiration and if the republic of lakotah to actually happens i will change my citzenship and move in. . so yes good day and i hope the indians get there land back you have a friend and supoorter T.R.E.A.T.Y

[DearFamilyMember]

...agreed!

Freedom from perpetual occupation is possible!

It happened in India, Pakistan and several African countries...And then in Kosovo this year!

The indigenous peoples lands "Americas" is next...

[DearFamilyMember]

...Incorrect!

He has no plans in dictating anyone...he only desire true freedom and liberty from the perpetual occupation of "Native American" lands since 1492!

This view is shared among ALL Indigenous peoples of the "Americas"....

Besides your commnent is meaningless and doesn't help with their freedom and liberation movement....Why not help?...It would be a noble act!

[ang9967]

Views 3,226, rate 46. Commie censorship.

[ang9967]

One world revoloution and we return to what we were....FREE AND INDEPENDANT NATIONS. REVOLUTION NOW. STAND AND FIGHT OR KNEEL AND BEG.

[Mumin05]

LONG LIVE RESISTANCE

i hope he succeeds

[greenbean1984]

hope this happens

[dleelasarmoti]

GOOD LUCK I HOPE IT HAMPTENDS SOON

[dleelasarmoti]

GROW UP

[ChristianLove2008]

I'm all For cutting America, Its a Land which was taken by Force through Rape, Murder and Genocide of Millions of Native Americans. I will Reconginze the Republic of Lakota!

[omerlives]

This guy has some good points, especialy about demanding through peaceful and logical means. And that is because US as nation atleast WITHIN its own borders is civil and moral. And yes the AMerican ppl would not allow any harm to come to their compatriots like the Lakotah. But the same wouldn;t work for Tibetans under Chinese or Kashmiris under Indian occupation , because those govt.s are immoral, the masses apathetic and the state machinery doesn't hesitate to violence, use rape, tortue.

[roozbehn]

I would move in there right away.

[thethespian12]

Wonderful! Good luck. I would move to the Republic. I am glad to hear that you don't need to be Lakota to live there and embrace the culture.

[Unkn0wnGuy]

Good luck, Riz Khan. Up here in Canada our natives are repressed as well and the gov't keeps throwing money at them. It doesn't help. We need more native leaders like you to inspire the young. You are sincere, knowledgeable, and absolutely clear.

Once again, good luck. I would love to become a citizen :)

[Unkn0wnGuy]

I meant Russell Means*

[3dbeing]

I would believe it, I used to live in Pendalton, next to one of the Eastern Oregon reservations, the Indians were only treated like clowns for the amusement of the rodeo, I think it's where I learned to detest rednecks...

[Taranau]

It's part of the colonial attitude we got from our English heritage.Indigenous people are good for little more than their singing,dancing and ways to get intoxicated.When we should be paying more attention to their societies as wholes and how they interact with the land they live on.

[moejardines]

I'm actually a big lefty. I apologize, I just found your statement to be utterly ridiculous in terms of logistics. It would assume that the majority of the region's people were cool with letting a tiny, militarily powerless minority take sovereignty over them. I'm a student of history, that simply doesn't happen. People never just give up land without a fight or threat of extermination.

China will have a course correction within 10 years. It may be peaceful or violent, but it is coming.

[bobeast3]

Why does youtube allow these terrorist lovers to have their own channel? Rome was destroyed from within also.

[harmlesstree]

I suppose you find the Fascist [FOX] "News" channel, which has never found an unjust American war that it didn't like, more to your liking. Though, the rest of mainstream media is not much better.

[Unkn0wnGuy]

I clicked the wrong 'hand' and accidentally bumped you +1. I meant -1 for the simple reason that you are an irrational person who lacks critical thinking. What would you do if China occupied the US? Would you fight or conform? If you would fight the occupation, which I would, you would be labeled a terrorist. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

Al Jazeera is more honest than any mainstream media in the US. Get outside of your bubble and wake up.

[moejardines]

Are you dense? They will NEVER get that land, its occupied by other people now, and is part of the sovereign territory of the USA. Even if the USA collapsed, they wouldn't have the cash, guns, or numbers to pull it off. They got the shaft for sure, but there's no going back. Do you actually think that the USA would tolerate a sovereign nation and tax haven to be carved out inside its own borders? Logistically, how? Support it if you can. I am curious as to your thinking.

[jammoexii]

It continues to get to me, over and over again, that Al Jazeera reports on native American issues, and well, whereas almost no other large-scale English media (or any other media) ever does.

[mexiicaan]

More power to you, and God speed!

[blunt1984]

Russell means is one of my heroes!

"ONE REVOLUTION!"

[moejardines]

This is pure fantasy, because the native americans have been reduced to a tiny, relatively impoverished minority in this nation: 1.5% of the population. Unfortunately in the USA this adage holds true: Money talks bullshit walks. I've travelled widely in that area, and there's just too many white folks who would not begin to consider this. The best the native people will ever get is monetary compensation, but the real estate is never coming back. Sorry, its just never going to happen.

[sjdixon1]

Genocide in America?  The Americans are more civilized than they were before; they are unlikely to sponsor mass killings of their own people, even if they wanted to separate.

[GodSaveThePres]

Actually America's rise to power in my opinion has more variables than just the income tax, though I'm sure it helped, Income tax is an abomination by the way it sickens me to work for drivel and then give away half my paycheck, But I believe that our rise to power was already in the works before the Civil War, Why do you think that Britain came in secretly and started the confederacy? John Clay may his soul rest in hell

[bg24955]

first and foremost, he should set up an exile government. like dalai lama, he needs an international backer. tibetan got their money from congress-backed NED. so should you, from the russian, chinese, arabics etc.

[GodSaveThePres]

Brilliant. I was reading someone said they are the Palestinians of America, well, who caused that whole strife by promising the land to Palestine, Isreal, AND syria? Britain. Who started the beef with the Natives? Britain. Who stands to gain? Britain. Let's just take out the middle man..

[Downfacingdog]

Just a dream. Silly uneducated person. The Jews will not let Lakota have independance while they take it from everyone else here in North America! This guy should stick to the fantasy of acting.

[AnonOutreach]

Organijic:

The violence is occurring daily already. Read about the shootings at Soboba.

I don't always agree with Russel but he's making an important point.

We started as sovereign nations.

[NWKBricks1]

Both parts were excellent. A complex issue that was not crammed into a 3-6 minute interview. How novel! Thanks AJE!

[dragonrasp]

Actually I think it's a very well timed movement. native people are very common were I live and they are viewed by all other races as the scum of the earth. they make up 70% of Canadian prisons, 95% of kids in childcare and a huge majority of the homeless.

Their culture and civilization was taken away by the British Empire.

He has my support, but as a completely non-native individual I am curious if this new country would allow non-natives to move there and make a home?

[blackxavior]

Russse Means is not an elected official in any capacity. There were no tribal presidents in the group which made the announcement, no one from the top ranks of any of the Lakota Sioux tribes.

Joseph Brings Plenty, chairman of the Cheyenne River Lakota, said that the Lakota Freedom Delegation "are not representative of the nation I represent" + What about the rights of the other 90% of people who live in this area?

This is a publicity stunt by a out of work actor.

[smcuriel]

Wow, this was refreshing to see, I remember as a kid learning about american history and it all seemed so false, then I learned about native americans, and felt at home with their views about life and land and liberty, I would love see the world return to this, where we respect the earth, and eachother.

[GodSaveThePres]

ABOUT F*ING TIME

[lyden2006]

My Aunt Cheryl danced with Russell at a pow-wow back in the day. He's seems like a really good guy, though sometimes I get the feeling he's only looking out for himself.

Undoubtedly, the idea of a Free Republic in the heartland brings joy to my native heart. I would move there immediately once ratified.

Thank you Riz. Shared with all. =)

[sjdixon1]

No. The Americans systematically killed their natives under overarching imperialistic themes, such as racism, economic development, and the elimination of political opposition. Tintin gives a pretty good portrayal.

Palestinians did not receive the same level of barbaric incivility or persecution... or at least, not yet.

[yoda9999]

or the Tibetans of the US? LOL

[omerlives]

or kashmiris of the US?

[clg26]

The difference from Palestinians and Native Americans is the fact the Palestinians are fighting for land that doesn't belong to them. Just like how the Black Hills was stolen and then U.S. protected it with their army against the Lakota. BIG difference in Palestinian resistance toward their cause and Native Americans. Don't compare the two when you have no idea of the differences. Go read some history books before I start educating you.

[clg26]

Is that it? Here I assumed you'd have something better to back it up. Let me take a stab at this and say you are a Palestinian?

The atrocities toward the Palestinians and the genocide against Native Americans cannot be compared. For one our land (Natives) got stolen, we got infected with germs, we got put into residential schools, and then we continue to get our treaties broken.

[clg26]

Answer my question and prove you are not the one who is uneducated. Please use bigger words so I can feel comfortable not dumbing down my words for you.

[clg26]

Oh! quoting a Genius doesn't make you one.

3dbeing...that name is pretty silly. If you are in a 3 dimensional world and call yourself what the perception of the world is made it be up of; your only lack, is that you'll never see beyond yourself.

[clg26]

You've taken a stab at: my education, my ethnicity, and now my social values. Is there anything you might want to add to put more value to these comments? I've seen this before on people with no lives trying to act superior to others. You only classify yourself more with your comments. In a while I'll know more about you then you know about yourself. I've studied psychology for 10 years, mechanical engineering for 2 years, and computer programming for 12.