Arizona's Tribal Lands: Nations Within The USA

[@Arizonaheat956]

One time my boyhood friend were out on the reservation with our pistols a couple of miles from the house and 1 of the Indian sheriffs rode by on his horse. He stopped and told us we had to get off the reservation. We weren't hurting anybody but he was just being careful I liked him. That was my go to place for just about everything when I was a kid and I still live in the same house. I'm almost 70 years old now.

[@planetbell1]

That is cool. He was probably afraid there'd be an accident and that wouldn't be good :) Thanks for sharing.

[@Ishisah]

Funny, Navajo Policy don't ride on horses anymore-only in parades. 😀.

[@EJOVLTW]

Another great video! I learned a lot about the Navajo nation. Well done. Thanks!

[@planetbell1]

Glad you enjoyed it! I learned a lot, too. I really want to visit now as well; the area looks beautiful.

[@Arizonaheat956]

I live right by the Indian reservation and my wife decided she would apply for a job in human resources near our home. Right at the start they told her that the reservation does not observe EEOC and if a the company decided they wanted to take her job at some point and give it to a tribal member, they would have every right to do so. As a boy I loved playing on the reservation and I had many young Indian friends. I loved going to their house and eating dinner and some of their houses were ancient made of Adobe that had been repaired for a couple of hundred years.

[@planetbell1]

Thanks for sharing. Not following the EEOC law is another example of it being like a foreign country. I actually live in Asia and on some job applications here they say in the job ad "Must be female and under 35." I imagine there is a lot of freedom on the reservation for kids. They are usually in remote places with opens spaces to explore.

[@Ishisah]

Must not have been Navajo, we don't live in Adobe house, must be the Pueblos.

[@Ishisah]

First of all-only a few Navajo went to Fort Sumner. -Second of all, our agreement with the Fed was to include education in the treaty, along with healthcare and free food. -This Treaty was not our first treaty-we made treaties with the Spanish, the Mexicans, and then with the U.S. Government-so we knew to ask for a lot of stuff. -And don't feel sorry for us-we are not victims.

[@Ishisah]

We get our Medicine from the IHS-which is on the reservation, we have free healthcare (it's not the best, but it is free).

[@alonzoingram6755]

How can you have a nation within a nation? Don’t they get food stamps and Social Security? I’m confused !!

[@Ishisah]

The whole reason the reservation is so poor (no running water and infrastructure and so forth), is because it's basically a socialist country-there is no private property and there is no economy-everything is owned by the federal government, which is why it's called a reservation. -The Navajos can vote to have private property, but still has not done so. -We are our worst enemy-don't feel sorry for us!

[@T25de]

2x middle school champ?’ Hot damn! 😅

[@planetbell1]

Hahahaha.

[@red1n2004]

No tribal lands, all Federal Lands, It's a prison camp to be dependent on the government

[@Ishisah]

Shut-up were are not in prison. The Navajo Nation can make the land private, but it doesn't because of its own bureaucracy.

[@planetbell1]

This is true. Tribal lands can be privatized.

[@Ishisah]

And FYI: the Navajo's went to Walmart and asked them to come to the Reservation, but they said no; and the reason they gave, is…the land is not private and they like to own the land their stores are located on.

[@planetbell1]

Exactly. This is part of the property law reform that is needed. Companies don't want to work on reservations since the land isn't private and they have to deal with tribal courts.

[@Ishisah]

@@guyfaux5010 : Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

[@Ishisah]

@@guyfaux5010 : Do you know what the phrase means-cause it kinda sounds like you don't. Unless you think the reservation is a utopia.

[@Ishisah]

@@guyfaux5010 : First of all, calm down. Second of all, "that need to get off their ass and do something," comment is making the land private, I don't think you understand how important Private Property is to a health economy. Third of all, if you don't like your mortgage rate or property taxes, move-and stop complaining to me.

[@Ishisah]

@@guyfaux5010 Ok-so shut up and go away.

[@chrisbutler152]

Segregation is illegal

[@johnuribe3237]

It not segregation it’s a sovereign nation not beholden to you or any occupation forces which is what the rest of “America” is!

[@planetbell1]

Good point. Plus, although segregation is illegal, our schools and towns are still segregated in many places.

[@chrisbutler152]

@@johnuribe3237 and that is segregation. Whether you like it or not.

[@chrisbutler152]

@@planetbell1 they have no real autonomy, they are segregated parts of our nation, period. Whether your racist self likes it or not

[@chrisbutler152]

@@johnuribe3237 please explain, if reservations are sovereign nations, then why are they US territories controlled by the govt and under the USA federal jurisdictions. No soveriegn nation is under the control of another nations federal jurisdiction. You have the illusion of sovereignty through illegal segregation.