“As long as water flows, or grass grows upon the earth, or the sun rises to show your pathway, or you kindle your camp fires, so long shall you be protected by this Government, and never again be removed from your present habitations.”
Evidently the ironclad boilerplate in standard Native American-United States Government treaties have again been shown to have “alternative interpretations.” Of course, this is a unique circumstance and shouldn’t be used as precedent, unless, of course, it’s found to once again be advantageous to moneyed interests sometime in the future.
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