Trump considering privatizing oil and gas on reservations
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline route in North Dakota may have won a victory this week, but Native Americans may have an even bigger fight on their hands if advisors to President-elect Donald Trump get their way. Though American Indian reservations comprise just 2 percent of the U.S. land mass, they may contain as much…
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mea_mark December 6th, 2016 at 08:44
If the government tries something like this, I fear a large percentage of the population of the US will fail to cooperate with the government. Civil war, armed rebellion, resistance fighters, domestic terrorism all become possible. If this is what you think making America great again is all about, well then, you’re totally hopeless.
Hirightnow December 6th, 2016 at 09:55
In this instance, I would support “taking back our government”…this would be nothing but a naked power grab.
Robert M. Snyder December 6th, 2016 at 11:23
6.6 million Native Americans have exclusive use of 56 million acres of reservation land, or 8.5 acres per person.
197 million white, non-Hispanic Americans own 856 million acres of land, or 4.4 acres per person.
37 million African Americans own 7 million acres of land, or 0.2 acres per person.
A typical Native American has 43 times as much land as a typical African American. I understand why people are concerned about Native American land rights. But I don’t understand why African American land ownership is not a topic of conversation.