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Mad Man From Azkaban
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Re: Where is our Common Sense??
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Originally Posted by shiiboi
If we should all be forced to assimilate to the 'original' american language, then our utility bills should be written in Iriquoian.
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First off there was no one native american lauguage. Secondly the first indians that the settlers would have contacted along the eastern coast would have spoken Algonquian like the Lenape(Delaware) in Eastern New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Iroquois were located in western New York State. Even the first treaty the US made and Broken with an Indian tribe was "The Treaty with the Delawares" in 1778 at Fort Pitt. They had even though they were going to be head of the 14th US state for some reason.
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Originally Posted by TREATY WITH THE DELAWARES, 1778. Sept. 17, 1778. | 7 Stat., 13. Article 6 excert
And it is further agreed on between the contracting parties should it for the future be found conducive for the mutual interest of both parties to invite any other tribes who have been friends to the interest of the United States, to join the present confederation, and to form a state whereof the Delaware nation shall be the head, and have a representation in Congress:
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Besides the Iroquois declined US citizenship, why would we want to have their language as our national language.
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Originally Posted by http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2006/November/20061106163901bpuh0.5341455.html
1924 - The Indian Citizenship Act gave U.S. citizenship to American Indians, including the right to vote in national elections. However, it did not provide full protection under the Bill of Rights to Indians living under tribal governments. Several nations, including the Hopi and the Iroquois, declined U.S. citizenship in favor of retaining sovereign nationhood
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PS. My great grandmother was half Lenape. |