Re: Hmmm.... Was Re: OK OK I Give! (Was Powers)

Something to note in planning a "Native American" splinter group is a 
demographic shift in the Great Plains states. According to newspaper 
reports (SF Chronicle, July), the N.A. population in about 6 states is 
moving towards a majority. Farms are failing, reservations are becoming 
more self sufficient and so in 10-15 years a handful of states will have

an NA majority. There's your splinter group - they'll have several US 
Senators and a dozen or so Representatives in Congress in the not so 
distant future.

K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brian Bilderback" <bbilderback@hotmail.com>
>
>>2. To really stick it to the LLAR.  Native groups in South America are
>>extremely oppressed, it is well-documented.  By encouraging these
groups
>>
>to
>
>>seek independence, they create a new enemy for the LLAR (The enemy of
my
>>enemy....).
>>
>
>As a statement about the real-world situation referring to ALL Native
>American groups in present-day South Amereica, this is quite an
>exaggeration. There are severe problems in many places, but some white,
>black or mixed groups suffer similarly, and elsewhere, Indios are the
>majority ad have considerable cultural and political influence.
>
>In the GZG universe, you can of course make up what you like. Note
however,
>that I have done website on the LLAR.
>http://home.t-online.de/home/kh.ranitzsch/lira/main.html
>Here, the active contribution of Native American groups such as the
Kechua
>and Guarani is positve and substantial.
>
>> We  encourage Native tribes from the LLAR (eg Miskitos, Yanomami) to
join
>>
>as  well."
>
>Ofcourse, in such a diverse universe, there is enough opportunity for
some
>groups to settle their own worlds :-)
>
>>(These LLAR Indians would be used in LLAR mostly for slave labor, I'm
>>
>guessing).
>
>A pretty wild guess - do I detect some anti-Latino bias here ? -
Slavery has
>been outlawed in Latin America, like everywhere else, since the 19th
>century. Harsh labour conditions do exist in places, admittedly.
Whether
>economic progress in the future will eliminate these is anyone's guess,
but
>it is the (optimistic) assumption I made in my website.
>
>Greetings
>Karl Heinz
>
>
>