protect it because, you know, this is allowed, permitted to happen. who says it won t stop here? if dan sounds paranoid, oh, he ain t. because even though the constitution of the united states clearly says that treaties are the supreme law of the land, uncle sam has made and broken over 100 treaties with natives taking land and cheating them in every conceivable way. my personal favorite example happened in 1829 when president jackson promised natives their new land would be protected as long as grass grows or water runs. but guess what? once they found gold in them thar hills, the grass stopped growing and the water stopped running. tell me about the context of native americans and, you know, america historically. historically, 1978 was the first time that in the united states they permitted us to do our ceremonies. for a while when they started these reservations, that was outlawed. really, aren t reservations you weren t allowed to do your ceremonies? we couldn t do. so, t