• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
      64·
      15 days ago

      Okay, so none of the indigenous people of the Americas today are of the same people who were there before European contact. I see.

      I guess we should take away all those reservations. They don’t deserve them.

      Edit: Also, no, the Romano-British did not make Hadrian’s Wall. Legions from other parts of the empire did. That’s a poor argument.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
          36·
          15 days ago

          I’m going by your own claim. Are the Mayans today of the same people as the Mayans who built Chichen Itza or not?

          According to your claim, they are not. Therefore why does any indigenous person need a reservation? Or even deserve to call themselves indigenous?

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
              25·
              15 days ago

              Okay, so then why does any person descended from any indigenous American group alive today have the right to call themselves indigenous or live on a reservation? Please explain it.

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
                  12·
                  15 days ago

                  You are saying that modern indigenous people are not of the same people as their ancestors.

                  So why should they be given ancestral land and autonomy? According to you, the modern Sioux aren’t of the same people as the ones who were there before Europeans got there, they’re just Americans.

                  So why do they get special reserved land and autonomy? Why do they deserve it based on your rationale that they are not the same people?