Of course, assimilation and integration are just euphemisms for cultural genocide.

I do wonder where the balance of justice will be found. The "lucky" tribes getting to run casinos while the rest live in poverty definitely ain't it.

Glad to hear that the tribe got its status recognized, it was long overdue. That being said I'm not a fan of building a casino right in the middle of Brockton, Taunton, New Bedford, and Fall River. All of these towns have struggled after de-industrialization and it can be a tough life when vice industries come in to prey on that desperation. But that's the way the cookie crumbles I guess. It does seem strange to frame this as a NIMBY issue when that's usually focused on housing development, this is a casino after all.

I'm not sure if this plan is still in the works, but the securing of land in Taunton was at one time intended to allow opening of a casino, whose revenue would then fund development of a stronger Tribal government, including functions like fish and wildlife management and others.

I worked with plenty of students that could. In the last few years, I had many students that were taking community college classes online with no adult supervision. It was all on them to ensure they did their work and attended classes.

It works in many other places. I'm looking into something called Brave Generation Academy for my kids for the high school years. https://bravegenerationacademy.com/home

We clearly aren't ready for any sort of change in how we school in the US. Between gun violence and a fundamental lack of trust in people, both students, educators, as well as institutions...we have very low social trust.

Judging from the reaction to my comments, it's clear that most people are super happy with how school worked for them and how it works for their kids. I'm in the minority.

> There are now four lights

r/unexpectedSTTNG

Would you also like us to set up appointments for you to view properties in this mythical town that doesn’t exist?

Taunton casino coming soon can’t wait!

50-70 is nice

This went through my house recently. Horrible vomiting and diarrhea for about 6 hours, then just feeling gross for a day or two. It hit my brother’s family as well last week.

I'm fairly certain the Mashpee are a bit unique among tribes in the US in that the integration forced on them was somewhat "succesful".

They were given a town as a Christian Praying Tribe, so they didnt live on a reservation under federal jurisdiction. Many intermarried and had children with white people so the " more than one-half blood" metric didnt explicitly apply to them all either. Their traditional customs were largely wiped out.

But this was done before 1934, so they weren't on the list that was made when the law was passed.

It's like the government decided the tribe was fully "integrated" by the time they defined what an "indian" was.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashpee_Wampanoag_Tribe

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Good.

The US has violated pretty much every treaty with every Native group. Glad to see the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe get at least a little bit of justice here

You say that, as I get my motorcycle back out from winter storage.

Ah, I see, thanks. I can see why they thought they could make that argument based on a narrow reading of the law even if logically it would be pretty ridiculous to tell the Wampanoag they aren't a tribe.

But yeah, feels like a stretch even so considering how they were treated by the government.

It took much longer than I suspected to find the name "Hunter Biden"

I find it so hard to believe that we still clown around and tolerate the toddler tantrums they throw.

And after Jan 6....why are we still pretending it is all just a matter of differing fiscal opinions again?

From the article

> The definition of “Indian” under the Indian Reorganization Act is: "[1] all persons of Indian descent who are members of any recognized Indian tribe now under Federal jurisdiction, and [2] all persons who are descendants of such members who were, on June 1, 1934, residing within the present boundaries of any Indian reservation, and shall further include [3] all other persons of one-half or more Indian blood," according to the department. 

But also

>"The record in this case reveals the government’s systemic, decades-long policy of forcibly dissolving Indigenous tribes and cultures by coercing children to assimilate into what the government defined as “white” society," wrote Kelley. "The Carlisle School, funded by Congress for the purpose of separating Indigenous children from their families and indoctrinating them in accordance with the government’s policy, was an essential component of this system."

Essentially the plaintiffs tried to make the argument that the Mashpee didn't fit into the narrow definition provided by the 1934 law dictating what an "Indian" is.

Judge comes back and says we have a clear cut record of the government forcing the tribe to integrate into society. We know that the government considered them "indians" at the time because otherwise they wouldn't have forced them to assimilate.

So, Taunton casino soon ?

SNL had a pretty good skit about them

The funny thing is I live in a town where the Dunkin Donuts is so bad that nobody actually goes to it. And they can't keep it staffed, so it was actually a big adjustment moving here because if I want a decent dunks I have to hop on the train or drive

Lol

Haha yes “Oh you’re late AND a liar. DOUBLE FIRED!!!”

I put the snow shovel away. That means we should get 3 feet of snow next week.

Yeah would your boss really believe that you're late because Ben Affleck f***** up your order

Lol ok

Everything is relative. I have my windows open today. I don’t mind the cold anyway, I still consider it nice outside in the 30’s.