As an Ojibwe, I'm down with this suggestion:

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On the other hand, when has the U.S. government ever really honored a treaty?

[Wounded Bear]

1. I imagine some of the wealthier nations could afford to...

Not all, though. We're talking a million people or more, depending on if you accept families, too.

Nice thought.

[nolabear]

2. I REALLY want this to happen. Think it's feasible?

Read down the thread re GoFundMe support and tribal organization potential. The rest of us could make it possible. You can’t help but wonder how far ICE would go.

FYI this is how Mardi Gras Indians began, the descendants and in tribute to tribes that hid and shielded escaped slaves.

[denbot]

4. I had never heard of the Marti Gras Indians

Starting to read up now. Thanks nolabear.

[nolabear]

6. Major part of my culture. Remember Iko Iko?

It’s about Mardi Gras Indians.

[denbot]

3. An excellent idea.

i Hope it gains traction.

[RandomAccess]

5. It's a wonderful idea -- but

you're right. The US government would just use it as another reason NOT to honor your sovereignty.

[samnsara]

10. just watch trump try to mess with the native population...

....trump wont win.

[RandomAccess]

18. Well, he sure won on the Dakota Access Pipeline, didn't he?

[floWteiuQ]

7. Great idea...

Let's make it happen!

[usaf-vet]

8. Fabulous idea. Given most of the dreamers are educated productive tax paying citizens.....

this might actually help some of the poorer nations. Maybe a win win?

[samnsara]

9. not in the Dakotas

[Volaris]

12. Why not?

I haven't lived there in a good while so I'm not up to speed ...
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Overall I think this is kinda a brilliant idea...think about what that kind of fusion could bring if it were executed properly...
Wishful thinking on my part I'm sure...but I would support it. I know how valuable the Dreamers are to this nation, and if my government decides they're not wanted, then why shouldn't someone else utilize those resources.
I want them here. KEEPING them is the only way to acrualky deserve them.

[Ken Burch]

16. The issues with having it happen in the Dakotas would probably be

1)Those places are poor to start with;
2)Adaptability of the DACA kids to the climate there.

I'm at least assuming those would be the key probs.

If there's other stuff or if I've got that wrong(both of which are possible, I hope those who live there will jump in to correct.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. There are over

129,000 Somalis in the U.S. and a good chunk of them were placed in Minnesota.

Somalia has a tropical/desert climate depending on where you are there. Minnesota is about as far from "tropical" and "desert" as the Dakotas.

[erronis]

22. And a bunch of Somalis, Eritrean in Maine - climate not the best

But if survival is important these people are a lot more willing to try and work than a lot of the immigrants from 100-200 years ago.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Precisely.

Although I do feel for them or anyone who moves to a radically different climate! It will take some time once the "uniqueness" wears off.

[whathehell]

33. Hmm...

What's up with the negative comparison of "the immigrants from 100-200 years ago" to the Somalis and Eritreans?
Those earlier immigrants worked, and were as willing to work as hard as anyone, including today's Somalis and Eritrean.

[erronis]

36. You're right. It should have read "the descendants of the the immigrants from 100-200 years ago"

Thanks!

[Ken Burch]

38. Minnesota is also a far wealthier state than the Dakotas

I take your point on the climate, but the wealth, the population size, and the much larger number of relatively progressive and open-minded people(at least in Minneapolis-St. Paul) are significant differences.

Nonetheless, if the Indignous nations of the Dakotas want to do this, I support their decision.

[BumRushDaShow]

39. Agree but I think the point was

that the reservations, in general, are (theoretically) off-limits by treaty, and could provide safe havens. But then I would wonder if other indigenous nations in other states (notably those with casinos and more $$$$) might consider doing something like this as well. But even with that, there are cultural hurdles to overcome no matter where folks are hosted.

[LanternWaste]

41. Immigrants to Canada from the Middle East number over 20,000/year. Are they immune to the climate?

"Adaptability of the DACA kids to the climate there."

What the hell? Immigrants to Canada from the Middle East number over 20,000/year. Are they immune to the climate?

[sinkingfeeling]

11. What a wonderful idea. More Christ-like than the USA. I'd be

honored to help support this plan.

[Cracklin Charlie]

13. Uplifting!

I like it!

[CommonSenseMom]

14. Brilliant Suggestion

Has a nice symmetry to it, too. The descendants of the first to be here hosting the newest. And getting donations to help support them until they get settled would be easy, I think.

[MurrayDelph]

15. My Puerto Rican wife just pointed out

that if the DACA folks are Central- or South-American, they could quite probably be cousins (albeit distant) to the First Nations already.

[Ken Burch]

17. True.

n/t.

[The Conductor]

19. I LOVE that!

That would be so great - especially as the rest of us are all illegal aliens on your land.

Thank you for letting us stay, by the way.

[smirkymonkey]

40. Welcome to DU!

[cate94]

21. I love this idea.

I would support it in anyway possible.
I can’t recall which tribes were involved in sending grain to the Irish during the famine, but this would be as loving a gesture.

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

31. Two nations that sent grain to the IRISH were the SEMINOLE & CHOCTAW

I know there were other nations but I am certain of these two. I belong to the Osage Seminole AND the Choctaw, as well as the BLACKFOOT, CREEK & MIKOSUKEE...and my Maternal grandmother's grandfather was IRISH, from County Claire, so this is something I learned about from this from my relatives.
I'm of "MOSTLY" African American but I am Metis or Mixed & I this is the story of my family. My GGGrandfather came to America sometime in the early 1850's as a child with his parents to escape the "AN GORTA MOR" or The Great Famine. Of course, the Irish were NOT considered to be on equal standing as other Europeans & were viewed with the same jaundiced eye as people of color, which explains why so many AA have Irish blood, as they weren't accepted as marriage partners for most white people, hence mixed people like me.

I hope that The People offer the same sanctuary to the Dreamers that Mikosukee & Seminoles offered the enslaved Africans back in 17th, 18th & 19th centuries.

[cate94]

34. Thanks!!

Thank you for the info and thanks to the People for their help in a crisis. I heard about their generosity in Ireland, where they remain grateful. I’m mostly Irish, my grandmothers on both sides, taught me about the struggles of their families coming here. They wanted us to remember, and never treat others that way. I guess Ryan and McConnell didn’t get the lesson....

[erronis]

23. Agree it's worth trying. And if the dump-gov is going to object

Using his german ancestral immigration as a reason to deport him (and all relatives!!!!).

[Cha]

25. YES! According to my Mom we have

a wee bit of Ojibwe in us, too

[PoliticAverse]

26. The writer overestimates the "sovereignity" granted to the tribes. n/t

[pandr32]

27. Wow!

What an incredible idea

[Liberty Belle]

28. There are 18 Native American reservations in San Diego County alone,

and many more in California, which is already a sanctuary state with warm weather in most places. Quite a few have casinos and some economic prosperity. I'm aware of at least one local tribe that has sheltered undocumented border crossers in the past. Here, the Kumeyaay Nation spans the border so those in Mexico are related to those here.

I don't see how tribes could take in all the dreamers, but even protecting some of them would be a big help. Maybe sympathetic states, groups and individuals could pitch in for Dreamer protection -- start a GoFundMe page if tribes agreed to do this.

[spanone]

29. K&R...

[burrowowl]

30. K&R!!!

[Miigwech]

32. US Gov will storm in like every standoff

no honor, no treaty ... I am Ojibwe, as well ... they are still taking our land, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan... Gov. Snyder sold off 10,000 acres, of our land, to a Canadian company, to strip mine lime, near Newberry. This land was to be held in a trust with the state of Michigan.
Repubs had a deal done, even before public hearings, which were nothing more then a scam. Water protectors are treated like terrorists.

[Nitram]

35. Sadly, there is often quite a bit of prejudice against African-Americans and Hispanics among some

Native American communities. I doubt this suggestion would fly. I love the idea, though.

[jimlup]

37. Actually if it comes to that it might be a great move

but for the large number of people involved it can only be a political statement rather than a solution.

Still I'm down with it enough that I would help both $ and maybe be able to volunteer time.