MEANWHILE IN "THE USA HAS ALWAYS BEEN RACIST" NEWS...

In a 1903 Supreme Court opinion— the so-called “Lone Wolf” case— the American justices held that the USA enjoyed a “right” to disregard any treaty obligation to Indians it found inconvenient, but that the remaining treaty provisions continued to be binding upon the Indians. This was, the high court said, because the USA was the stronger of the nations involved, and thus wielded “plenary” power—this simply means full power—over the affairs of the weaker indigenous nations. Therefore, the court felt itself free to unilaterally “interpret” each treaty as being a bill of sale rather than as a rental agreement.

Unbelievable stuff.

(Story via Ward Churchill's essay "I Am An Indigenist")

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