# Living on Native American land. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-on-native-american-land/660718 "2013-06-11T12:59:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![palacheck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@palacheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palacheck)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-on-native-american-land/660718/61 "2013-06-24T00:23:14Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > The OP reminds me of the [signs](http://www.antarvictoria.org.au/pages/acknowledgement-plaques.php) I see occasionally around my suburb (in Melborne Australia), recognising the traditional owners of the land. I see looking them up that it’s part of an organised movement which I hadn’t realised. But I take it that this sort of thing is not seen in the US? Ugh, no. That is just self-flagellating nonsense. And pointless. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-on-native-american-land/660718/62 "2013-06-24T01:46:10Z")
The American Indian Movement (AIM) seems to be well organized, or at least used to be. I had a friend who went to uni with me in Texas, and he was from Minnesota. His mother was part Indian but only a very small percentage of the mix. My friend said back during that whole reoccupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1973, a representative actually telephoned her – in Minnesota – about lending her support and emphasizing her Indian (Native American, whatever you want to call it) heritage. She was astonished to find that she was on some sort of list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-on-native-american-land/660718.md?page=3)