New Posts For Thread: First Nations win a 3.4 billion $ settlementhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/21953777/First_Nations_win_a_3.4_billion_$_settlementAbout freakin' time.... within recent weeks, the Collegiate Church made a formal apology to First Nation tribes for the vile treatment of Native Americans at the hands of early settlers 400 years ago.... for details.But this..... better than an apoI believe he first time I spoke with this guy-Mountain man he said it would be nice if the federal government could give back a large portion of wilderness area to the NDN People. Then he went on to say that- Euro Americans could also use the land fohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/21953777/First_Nations_win_a_3.4_billion_$_settlement?post_id=382738309#382738309I believe he first time I spoke with this guy-Mountain man he said it would be nice if the federal government could give back a large portion of wilderness area to the NDN People. Then he went on to say that- Euro Americans could also use the land foSun, 03 Jan 2010 14:29:07 -0600Howdy Agnostic "smooch" I suppose its a good thing to recognise that we NDN people got a screwin, and Im happy about the 70 billion in Federal funds offered to the Nations in the 2010 budget at the conference in Washington DC for BIA and health carehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/21953777/First_Nations_win_a_3.4_billion_$_settlement?post_id=382502245#382502245Howdy Agnostic "smooch" I suppose its a good thing to recognise that we NDN people got a screwin, and Im happy about the 70 billion in Federal funds offered to the Nations in the 2010 budget at the conference in Washington DC for BIA and health careThu, 31 Dec 2009 20:41:22 -0600Hello lovelies! This thread has been moved from the ... forum rules on the Zone are a little more relaxed.How that it's in it's new home, standard forum rules and local guidelines apply.Thanks,agnosticspirit - Bnet community co-host HTZhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/21953777/First_Nations_win_a_3.4_billion_$_settlement?post_id=382269505#382269505Hello lovelies! This thread has been moved from the ... forum rules on the Zone are a little more relaxed.How that it's in it's new home, standard forum rules and local guidelines apply.Thanks,agnosticspirit - Bnet community co-host HTZTue, 29 Dec 2009 14:32:44 -0600No, I wouldn' t lay this settlement to be the fault of Obama. I actually do find the settlement 'fair'. The timing is about as bad as can be - and considering how I view how the present government manages what gives the 'greenback' value, I suspecthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/21953777/First_Nations_win_a_3.4_billion_$_settlement?post_id=380845693#380845693No, I wouldn' t lay this settlement to be the fault of Obama. I actually do find the settlement 'fair'. The timing is about as bad as can be - and considering how I view how the present government manages what gives the 'greenback' value, I suspectMon, 14 Dec 2009 09:13:26 -0600OT: Thanks for the chuckle AS!!! How long has it been since the big switch?? No one has to answer that.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My great-grand-mother was blooded (Native) Cherokee, but I sure wouldn't know the first thing about proving I havehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/21953777/First_Nations_win_a_3.4_billion_$_settlement?post_id=380786977#380786977OT: Thanks for the chuckle AS!!! How long has it been since the big switch?? No one has to answer that.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My great-grand-mother was blooded (Native) Cherokee, but I sure wouldn't know the first thing about proving I haveSun, 13 Dec 2009 17:38:18 -0600*chuckle* Well gholl dang! With Obama runnin' da printin' presses ta make mer munnies by da minoot, weel ave dis det payed of befer da football game on Sunday!....*slaps the knee in mock glee*/sarcasm offI do agree that there is a debt owed...but ifhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/21953777/First_Nations_win_a_3.4_billion_$_settlement?post_id=380768829#380768829*chuckle* Well gholl dang! With Obama runnin' da printin' presses ta make mer munnies by da minoot, weel ave dis det payed of befer da football game on Sunday!....*slaps the knee in mock glee*/sarcasm offI do agree that there is a debt owed...but ifSun, 13 Dec 2009 14:31:56 -0600There still might be hope for you. A lawsuit could be filed seeking reprations for the theft of land from Mexico-Mexicans by the mean ol racist imperialist white man under the doctrine of Manifest Destiny which resulted in the Mexican-American War.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/21953777/First_Nations_win_a_3.4_billion_$_settlement?post_id=380768169#380768169There still might be hope for you. A lawsuit could be filed seeking reprations for the theft of land from Mexico-Mexicans by the mean ol racist imperialist white man under the doctrine of Manifest Destiny which resulted in the Mexican-American War.Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:24:41 -0600This bill still requires the approval of Congress, so it's not a done deal by any means.I pasted text from the Dept of Interior link below... in PURPLE --- looks like it's a combination of the 3 options you mentioned."Under the negotiated agreement,http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/21953777/First_Nations_win_a_3.4_billion_$_settlement?post_id=380768013#380768013This bill still requires the approval of Congress, so it's not a done deal by any means.I pasted text from the Dept of Interior link below... in PURPLE --- looks like it's a combination of the 3 options you mentioned."Under the negotiated agreement,Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:23:02 -0600There still might be hope for you. A lawsuit could be filed seeking reprations for the theft of land from Mexico-Mexicans by the mean ol racist imperialist white man under the doctrine of Manifest Destiny which resulted in the Mexican-American War.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/21953777/First_Nations_win_a_3.4_billion_$_settlement?post_id=380767813#380767813There still might be hope for you. A lawsuit could be filed seeking reprations for the theft of land from Mexico-Mexicans by the mean ol racist imperialist white man under the doctrine of Manifest Destiny which resulted in the Mexican-American War.Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:21:05 -0600There still might be hope for you. A lawsuit could be filed seeking reprations for the theft of land from Mexico-Mexicans by the mean ol racist imperialist white man under the doctrine of Manifest Destiny which resulted in the Mexican-American War.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/21953777/First_Nations_win_a_3.4_billion_$_settlement?post_id=380767117#380767117There still might be hope for you. A lawsuit could be filed seeking reprations for the theft of land from Mexico-Mexicans by the mean ol racist imperialist white man under the doctrine of Manifest Destiny which resulted in the Mexican-American War.Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:13:20 -0600