Do you think that Mr.Czywczynski has the right to sell the land even though it was originally the Sioux land or should he give it to the Sioux Tribe? If he should sell the land, do you think the Sioux tribe and Mr.Czywczynski should make a compromise?
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Nicole Mooar Current Event
Currently Native Americans and Mr. Czywczynski, owner of Wounded Knee, are debating on whether or not he should sell the land to the Obgala Sioux tribe or sell it for money. Wounded Knee is very historical land from the battle that took place there in 1890. The battle killed between 150-300 non-Indians and Indians. Mr.Czywczynski, a non-Indian, bought the land in 1968 and is now trying to sell the rest of the 40-acre land for 3.9 billion dollars but the Sioux tribe does not have enough money to buy it from him. The Sioux tribe believes that they should not have to buy land that was once theirs and it should stay as a sacred land. The Sioux tribe is in at least 6 million dollars in debt. The Sioux tribe did raise 9 million dollars, by funding, to buy 1,942 acres. The Sioux tribes cannot decide if they want to keep the land and if they will have enough money to buy it. Also, the Sioux tribes does not want someone else to buy the land because they do want buildings to profit on the land of their ancestors. But Mr.Czywczynski wants to sell the land because the Sioux has taken 3 decades to decide whether they want to keep it or not. Mr.Czywczynski is giving them till May 1st to make a decision on the land.
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Depending on who Mr.Czywczynski or his family bought the land from, they have the right to sell it. If they bought it from the Sioux tribe, he should not have to give to back to them for free. If the land was taken from the Sioux and then he bought it legally, he should not have to lose money because of the history of the land. Either way, he legally owns it and can sell it. I think he should set up a loan with the Sioux tribe so they can pay with the 3 million dollars they have and pay him back over time. It would result in more profit for him since he can charge interest. He could also split up the land and sell the part that the Sioux tribe wants really badly to them and sell the rest to other buyers who have the money up front.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ford that it is Mr. Czywczynski's land and he has the right to sell it. I also think that if the Sioux want it so bad, they need to pay for it. Although, to make sure the historical land does not end up becoming buildings and businesses, he should compromise with the people that he sells it to and make sure that they do not build over the land of the Sioux tribes' ancestors. But, overall the tribe should be able to own it in some way so I also agree with Ford that it is a good idea that Mr. Czywczynski sets up a loan with them so they can pay him over time. The land is historical and the tribe wants to preserve it somehow so he should either make a compromise or set up a loan with the Sioux tribe.
ReplyDeleteI feel like the land does belong to Mr. Czywcynski but at the same time, he should not be asking such a ridiculous price to just sell the land back to the Native Americans. I feel like he shouldn't have even told them he was going to sell it as it wouldn't have started this whole mess. Also I feel as though the Native Americans are wrong by just assuming that they should be given the land back as, yes they did live on the land long before Mr. Czywcynski owned it, but they never owned the land. They would only have a legitimate claim if he really did steal it from them.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the morally correct thing to do would be to give the Sioux tribe back their land that was one possessed by their ancestors, the land does not technically belong to them. Mr. Czywczynski bought the land himself and he has the right to do whatever he would like to with the land. This land is very historic and obviously very valuable, and his original investment when he bought the land would be pointless if he was to just give the land back to the Sioux. That said, I do think the tribe plays a good argument in that they cannot afford the land, but have tried to raise and have raised a great sum of money to get the land. The tribe isn't simply asking for the land for free, and I do think that they play an important role in their ancestors being the original inhabitants of the land. Personally, I think they should come up with some sort of compromise, that way the two polarized arguments can meet in the middle and both Czywcynski and the Sioux can be satisfied.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the land was originally taken from the Sioux tribe I must agree with the above comments that Mr. Czy shouldn't have to give back the land to the Sioux for free. The land was originally bought by his family and even though before it was bought it belonged to the Sioux doesn't make much of a difference. Although the land being taken from the Sioux in the first place wasn't fair, that's how event turned out. I do think however that the Sioux should be granted an easier ability to buy the land back since they did originally own it and it was taken from them. However like the world works, they should still have to purchase it back because them not purchasing it doesn't allow
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