Iroquois denied sovereignty

A Native American lacrosse team whose Iroquois-issued passports have been at the heart of an international dispute will default on the first game of the sport's world championship on Thursday. Percy Abrams says that the Iroquois have been able to travel with their passports for years and they are trying to hold onto their nationality.

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[reverendjordan]

man the iroquois nation is sooo old. come on england. come on presenter. come on people. aaand the fact that the iroquois invented lacrosse makes this seem even dumber. it's hard to watch him try and just get her to understand

[DrReaper]

He is right. He is an American Indian he has a passport. Getting an american passport would make him a subject of america which he isn't.

[Frostie17OD]

dumb fuckin squirrel lookin hoeee.. iroqouis till death



[italialop]

And to the dippy interviewer, she really does not understand one's pride of who they are. It would be the same if herself as a US citizen was denied rights into the UK because they said they do not recognize us as a country so then they tell us to become a Mexican citizen and use a Mexican passport if that is what they recognize. How many Americans would do that?

[italialop]

This is what sickens me> First of all Europeans are immigrants and they always seem to think they have claim over boundaries of land in which they do not originate from. I am tiered of my people having to fold and give to an American society in which could not even keep together with a near perfect document like the Iroquois Constitution. How are my people treated worst then immigrants on their own land. Why are we not recognized for what we have done to contribute to government, business, etc..

[jacquesrudolph]

United Nations Declaration of Human Rights

Article 13. * (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. * (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Article 15. * (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. * (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

[dutchdettweiler]

what passport were the english using when they entered north america? I forget

[mylesmcc12]

@DCFunBud Oh yeah and were their a Euoropean Embassy in NA when they first showed up here?

[mylesmcc12]

@DCFunBud Well now that you put it like that you can travel your ass out of north america back where you come from. us IROQUOIS welcomed Cristopher Columbus to NA without a PASSPORT how about that? Oh yeah I guess UK is right lol. Looks like they have learned from the past that if you welcome someone from overseas they are bound to take over everything you have then a couple hundred years later they will try and take away your identity. I think I made my point. I tried to say it in the nicestway

[Riohorn90]

That lady made America look retarded lol