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To: epicure who wrote (8325)	3/13/2001 5:18:51 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I am talking about the perspective of the time. Their territory was on the reservation; the tribe was a sovereign nation; therefore, if they lived among whites, they were resident aliens. Use a little "historical imagination"......

To: epicure who wrote (8325)	3/13/2001 5:43:07 PM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

RE:Anyone of European ancestry is actually the resident alien. Why just those of European ancestry? How about everybody else from the rest of the world who lives in the US now?

To: epicure who wrote (8325)	3/13/2001 6:00:41 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"I don't think you get it at all." Resident Alien is a political term. It is perfectly appropriate for a government to assign the term of Alien to someone that is not a citizen of that government. It is also appropriate for a government to assign the term "Resident Alien" to someone who is residing within the boundaries claimed by the government and under the rules of the government but who has not obtained the status of citizen. I do "get" your "who was here first" needle...Picky, picky, picky.