To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (2694 ) 3/8/2003 6:11:28 PM From: Brumar89 Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6945 ..what the Europeans did to the American natives is a crime that yet needs to be addressed. I support the Native Americans and their quest to have their rights fully restored and compensation made .. Yet you won't deed your Zionist colonial settlement back to the Yamhills over at Grand Ronde.The Trail took still another bad turn in 1954, when Congress passed the Termination Act, severing the trust relationship between the federal government and many western tribes, including the Grand Ronde. With this Act, the more than 100-year history of the Tribe was obliterated by the stroke of a pen. In the 30 years following that dark aid misguided deed, the Grand Ronde Tribe became a virtually land less people in their own country. .... They had a long way to go-what once had been a reservation covering more than 100 square miles, had over the years been reduced to a mere 5 acres, approximately, the plot of land that contained the historic tribal cemetery. grandronde.org The Tribal Lands Department maintains a database for all Tribal land purchases. This Department also conducts initial site assessments and performs property appraisals for land the Tribe may consider purchasing. The Tribal Lands Department also manages various Tribal properties. Comments and questions concerning the Land Acquisition Program can be directed to the Tribal Lands Administrator by clicking the email icon below:grandronde.org The Arabs signed no papers to partition Palestine.. Don't you remember when Hawkmoon posted this info to you?More on the Hashemite promise to support a Jewish homeland:eretzyisroel.org And lookie at this signature by Faisal Hussein on an agreement with Chaim Weismaneretzyisroel.org Feisal Hussein, King of Iraq and Syria agreed to Jewish National Home according to British Mandate (Israel and Jordan) in 1918. King of Iraq from 1921; eldest son of Hussein, sherif of Mecca. He led the Arab intifada against Turkey (1916-1918) and was designated king of Syria. Feisal was at first sympathetic to a Jewish Homeland from which he hoped to receive aid in building his future kingdom. He met Dr. Weizmann in Jordan (1918) and Paris (1919) where they reached an agreement on mutual aid, conditional on the implementation of British promises to the Arabs.