"They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it."
Red Cloud (1822-1909)
Oglala Lakota
The Fifth Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Rights Association (1888)

Sorry, make that "the Indian Rights Association."

Hard to believe Ed Abbey's been gone thirty-seven years.

"One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it's still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards."
Edward Abbey

#17
I'm sure they are.

There probably isn't a magical place on this (or any other) continent those sorry excuses for human beings wouldn't eff-up for a buck. Preferably stolen and unreported. That's what Trump, exemptions, legislation, exceptions, executive orders, and the Supreme Court are there for.