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Robert Comer wrote:
>> The Cherokee might not agree with your opinion about legally..
>
> That was before we were a country.
>

Not according to this:

http://www.powersource.com/nation/dates.html

Some fun dates:

1828 - Cherokee Phoenix published in English and Cherokee; Andrew Jackson
elected President. Gold discovered in Georgia.

1828-1830 - Georgia Legislature abolishes tribal government and expands
authority over Cherokee country.

1832 - US Supreme Court decision Worcester vs Georgia establishes tribal
sovereignty, protects Cherokees from Georgia laws. Jackson won't enforce
decision and Georgia holds lottery for Cherokee lands.

1835 - Treaty Party signs Treaty of New Echota, giving up title to all
Cherokee lands in southeast in exchange for land in Indian Territory (now
Oklahoma.).

1838-1839 - Trails of Tears. US Government's forced removal of 17,000
Cherokees, in defiance of Supreme Court decision. More than 4,000 die from
exposure and disease along the way.



>> the only reason some are illegal is because we decide what is legal and what
>> is not. We could quite easily decide to make them legal.
>
> Yes, we could, (and have done before) but in granting them legal
> status, we're encouraging others to beak the same law for the next
> time.
>

Enforcing legality much like in the above examples?

Adam

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