Oregon Tribe To Militants: ‘Get The Hell Out Of Here’

Burns Paiute tribe chair Charlotte Rodrique addresses reporters during a press conference in response to the armed occupation of the nearby Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. A ... Burns Paiute tribe chair Charlotte Rodrique addresses reporters during a press conference in response to the armed occupation of the nearby Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. A leader of the Oregon Indian tribe whose ancestral property is being occupied by an armed group opposed to federal land policy said Wednesday that the group is not welcome and needs to leave. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes) MORE LESS
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Members of Burns Paiute tribe had a message Wednesday for the militiamen who had commandeered the Malheur Wildlife Refuge 30 miles away.

“They just need to get the hell out of here,” Jarvis Kennedy, a member of the tribe’s council, said according to a report from the Oregonian. “They didn’t ask anybody, we don’t want them here…our little kids are sitting at home when they should be in school.”

The Paiute tribe once lived on much of the land that is now the Malheur Wildlife Refuge, but were ordered to leave in the 1870s just before the area experienced a boom of settlers. The Paiute tribe still views the land as their own and they say they have solid working relationship with the refuge personal, who they view as protectors of key archeological sites.

According to the Oregonian, the tribe has deep concerns that those sites could be damaged the longer the militiamen are holed up at the refuge. The Oregonian reported that member of the tribe “met with archaeologists at the refuge Tuesday.”

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  1. Except that type of conservative does not get ‘irony.’ Critical thinkers, these guys are not.

  2. Avatar for gajake gajake says:

    “…our little kids are sitting at home when they should be in school.”

    Good guys with guns protecting children by keeping them safe at home.

  3. solid working relationship with the refuge personal

    the last word should be “personnel”

    Please read aloud what you wrote prior to submission, it’s an effective tool for catching mistakes.

  4. Someone needs to tell those damned injuns to look up “White Privilege”. It only applies to the white folk.

    As minorities, if the Native Americans want their land back, the police will be happy to shoot them.

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