Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands

[L. Coyote]

This one i recommend.

[Buzz Clik]

1. +1

Much better.

[byronius]

2. Great video.

[Wilms]

3. Great video.

Thanks for looking out, L.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

4. Salem is the capital not Portland. n/t

[L. Coyote]

5. Darn outsiders! I sent them a message and a photo of me at the capitol.

Good ear!

[OneCrazyDiamond]

7. Honestly I'm Cali to the bone,

but have plenty of Oregonian kin. Salem's capital building is the most inviting I have ever been. Just lovely a place.

[L. Coyote]

8. Interesting building.

It is the background in my online avatar image.

[niyad]

6. is anybody talking to the tribes?

[L. Coyote]

10. Democracy Now has a great interview with the Native activist who covered the Bundy standoff

Popped on the Fb newsfeed, lots of shares, good video. Should be of YouTube by now.



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Not on YouTube yet. Here it is online:

These Aren't the First Armed Whites to Take Over That Oregon Land: Just Ask the Native Paiute People
January 05, 2016

[niyad]

12. thank you so much for this.

[L. Coyote]

13. Comment on Facebook (first watch the video for context):

Here's a protest idea, march in shackles two-by-two in knee-deep snow a few hundred miles to bring awareness to the theft of this land by the Anglos and to help return the land to its rightful owners, the surviving Native Americans. There isn't enough federal land in the USA to satisfy the injustice they endured, but we will someday either have to reconcile the injustice or suffer the infamy along with our ancestors for eternity after our opportunity has passed. Then, Ammon Bundy, you and your gaggle will have done something positive for the people whose land was stolen. Currently, your balance is negative, with one redeeming merit, you have called attention to who really owns this land--really great job on picking the ideal place to accomplish that (or as a Mormon might say, the Lord works in mysterious ways).

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[niyad]

14. that is an excellent, and very sad, image.

[ffr]

9. I want our lands back from the thieves who've stolen it.

What's next? Yosemite? Yellowstone? Public lands are treasures. And when you think of them that way, for what they are, it makes it pretty clear what the militants are.

[L. Coyote]

11. Good idea. I'm sure the Native Americans would be happy to own those parks and any others

plus all the land where you can't run cows anyway.

Kidding about the cows. Cows rights should not take precedence over Natives! Give back all that is just, cows be damned.