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From: "Jeffery Roger Rolling Thunder Justice" <>
Subject: [NA-BURIALGROUNDS] My reply to UCE Anti Indian racists
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:39:49 -0400


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Subject: My reply to UCE Anti Indian racists


>
> Mr. Warren,
> I realize, as I begin this message, that you and your constituents will
> probably not even begin to understand what I have to say to you. This IS
our
> land. It was taken from us by European invaders who came here under the
> guise of friendship and equality to escape the tyranny of the governments
> they so abhorred overseas.
> For generations we, as a people, have been hounded by government programs
> and military action intent on assimilation and, in many instances, the
> outright destruction of entire Indian Nations. Individual Tribes were
> allowed, through treaties, certain rights granted by the government of the
> United States in return for loss/theft of their homelands. These may be
old
> documents but should be held binding in any court in the country. They ARE
> legal documents and will be seen as such.
> Thousands of our people died during "Gestapo like" forced marches to the
new
> homeland so graciously granted by the US. We remember that and will NEVER
> forget the atrocities that were endured by our ancestors by the hands of
the
> US government.
> I'm not familiar with the laws of New York. In Oklahoma, however, most
> Tribal entities are exempt from collecting taxes on tobacco, fuel and
gaming
> revenues due to compacts they have with the state of Oklahoma. These
> compacts allow Indian businesses to sell to all customers without tax. The
> reality is that they are required to pay a set percentage of revenue to
the
> state in lieu of a regulated tax. All Indian enterprises in Oklahoma are
> closely monitored by the appropriate State agency for compliance to the
law.
>
> Here in Oklahoma the Tribes put money back into the economy by providing
> jobs through Tribal enterprises (mostly non- Indian employees in my area),
> road construction projects, home improvements and payments to the State.
> There is both good and bad in every race. Therefore I will not, at this
> time, contradict your claims of people on Indian land in New York
supporting
> or funding Hezbollah. There are a lot of sick people out there. I would
> suspect however, that there are more Euro-Americans who are sympathetic to
> their cause than American Indians. Despite the fact that we were screwed
by
> the US government, we are finally American citizens and supportive of the
> US. We just require that Treaties and compacts be honored as was the
> original intent.
> Now that Indian Nations are beginning to become self sufficient, you see
> your slice of the pie being cut by others. You don't like it because it
> affects your wallet. Tough! Imagine having the entire pie taken away and
> being left with a piece of crust. Put yourselves in our shoes for a
moment.
> Do some research about the American Indian holocaust that has been going
on
> since before Columbus. Open your racist mind and allow yourself to realize
> what the European invasion has done to the original inhabitants of this
> country. Then tell me with an open and honest heart that you still support
> the organization you represent.
> Real Eyes Realize Real Lies
> Sincerely,
> James K. Collins
> webmaster
> www.onenationoklies.com <http://www.onenationoklies.com>;
> P. O. Box 32
> Ardmore, OK
> 73402-0032 reflect
> The above statements are my own opinion and do not in any way reflect a
> general consensus of American Indians.


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