... "When U.S. government officials say that the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is to be implemented in a manner “consistent with domestic U.S. law,”...Steven Newcomb

"When U.S. government officials say that the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is to be implemented in a manner “consistent with domestic U.S. law,” they ought to acknowledge that U.S. federal Indian law and policy is an outgrowth of the imperial and colonial system of the United States. When we are advocating in the United Nations and elsewhere on behalf of the original nations that are located within the geo-political boundaries claimed by the United States, we ought to point out what makes such rights advocacy work necessary. It is the legacy of the American Empire’s imperial/colonial system, and the colonization of the traditional lands and territories of our nations."

Steven Newcomb