50 armed militiamen take over Oregon wildlife refuge
01-05-2016, 06:27 PM
Some of my more liberal acquaintances have objected that the land the locals are claiming is native american land, not white locals land. Ignoring other problems that I have with this logic, they fail to explain how this makes the west any different than the land east of the Dakotas.
In some ways the rural economy out west would be better off if the land was indeed in private ownership by native american individuals. In some ways, ANCSA has been a boon to the Alaskan economy. The natives are just as interested in making a living (surprise) as white people are and they are much more open to cooperating with private entities than the federal government is. If not for ANCSA, much more of Alaska would be owned by the bureau of land management.
In some ways the rural economy out west would be better off if the land was indeed in private ownership by native american individuals. In some ways, ANCSA has been a boon to the Alaskan economy. The natives are just as interested in making a living (surprise) as white people are and they are much more open to cooperating with private entities than the federal government is. If not for ANCSA, much more of Alaska would be owned by the bureau of land management.