Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later[^][v]#1,141,791
I think they can offer a modest amount to the government asking them to take it back.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,141,839
Why would they choose that? Everything is significantly cheaper on the res.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 5 years ago, 49 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,141,862
@previous (C)
Maybe they're a Republican who don't believe in handouts.
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 9 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,141,869
They can leave the res, the land remains property of the tribe. Unless you mean if the whole tribe decides "fuck it"?
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chill dog !!81dzJNNYL double-posted this 5 years ago, 58 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,141,872
@1,141,791 (B)
You're suggesting that they would pay the US government to take their land?
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,141,873
@previous (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
I read it that way too at first but I think they mean that the reservation people could *ask* for a modest amount of money in return for giving the land to the government.
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,141,878
I bet they could make good money using reservations as tax havens
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 4 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,142,026
if the people that live there consider themselves as a specific ethnicity of people who are defined by the land they live on and the traditions that are made possible by the fact of living on that land, then to such a person of that mindset, to remove the land from the people would be the effective end of that ethnicity
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 5 years ago, 1 minute later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,142,028
@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
I’m sure there have been plenty of times when the younger generations of a tribe no longer give a shit and an elder passes on the knowledge to an anthropologist.
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chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 5 years ago, 2 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,142,029
@previous (A)
Cultural revitalisation efforts are increasing in tribes around here, as are efforts to increase native involvement in archaeology
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 24 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,142,032