As the Bundy “militia” continues their armed standoff against the government over some absurd appeal to “land rights” and the privatization of federal wildlife reserves (so that they can be sold for mining, drilling, and timber rights to multinational corporations and subsequently pillaged of all their pristine wonder), one group is watching with increasing confusion – the Paiute tribe, who had lived and hunted on the disputed land for countless years before the arrival of white men.
“I just think they’re a bunch of glory hounds,” said tribe chairwoman Charlotte Rodriqueto Reuters. ‘Look at us, look at what we’re doing.’ I don’t give much credence to their cause. “There was never an agreement that we were giving up this land. We were dragged out of here.”
The tribe lives on a reservation not far from the rancher’s makeshift fort. They are not empathetic to the ranchers’ grievances, having actually lost their land and having been sent to a reservation some 137 years ago. “I’m, like, hold on a minute, if you want to get technical about it … the land belongs to the Paiute here” said Selena Sam, a tribe councilmember.
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