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Wade Wofford (kenuchelover@yahoo.com) wrote:

: > So, about those North American land claims, and that apartheid
: > document that Canadians have enshrined in the constitution.
: > (The Indian Act)
: > 
: > I find it null and void, and move that all anscestral land claims 
: > be shelved, until all the facts are in, in the case.

: The facts ARE in.  Ancestral land claims cases derive primarily from
: treaty rights, which are NOT dependant on anything other than the fact
: that the treaty was ratified by both parties.  But in any case, the
: facts DO show that modern Native Americans ARE descended from the
: PaleoIndian first settlers of the Americas.

Right on Wade. It only matters WHO was here at the time of contact: when
Indian nations ratified land agreements with the British and French
Governments! It is irrelevant as to WHO was here prior to these contracts.

Regards,

James B. Bandow
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