Treaty Rights & Obligations
"Wenji-bimaadiziyaang" Maghegabo (1837)
"Wenji-bimaadiziyaang" Maghegabo (1837)
"The treaty was not a grant of rights to the Indians, but a grant of rights from them -- a reservation of those not granted." US v. Winans (1905)
"The treaty was not a grant of rights to the Indians, but a grant of rights from them -- a reservation of those not granted." US v. Winans (1905)
The utmost priority of any settler government must be to mind its treaty obligations.
While we are not responsible for the past, we are accountable for what we bring to the present and how we shape the future.