A very complicated subject. At the time the constitution was written
most indians would not have been considered citizens. Their only
significant mention in the constitution concerns regulation of commerce
where it's seen that individual tribes were considered in the same sense
as "foreign nations". All have been considered citizens since 1924 but,
by that time, most were already considered citizens based on previous
legal actions.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/22/2010 2:32 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> And the native indians were omitted from the Constitution for rights,
> as I understood it from my study of US politics at school.
>
> Chris
>
> On 21 Nov 2010, at 22:04, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> The raw deals (plural) the Meskwaki got were begun by the French.
>> We other natives didn't join in until much later.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt who is part Mohawk via an Indian maiden and a French
>> fur trapper named Proulx... a difficult combination for living in a
>> New England village.
>>
>
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