【创新作业】【第五周】《Beyond Feelings》Chapter3~6 What is Truth?/What Does It Mean to Know?/How Good Are Your Opinions?/What Is Evidence?

第三章 What is Truth? P₅₇

Applications 第6题

A court case pitting the U.S. government against the American Indian Movement was conducted quietly in South Dakota in late 1982. The government sought to end the Native American group’s twenty-month occupation of public land in the Black Hills National Forest. The group claimed that the area was a holy land to them—their birthplace, the graveyard of their ancestors, and the center of their universe—and therefore should be turned into a permanent, religion-based Native American community. The government maintained that the group had no legal claim to the land. What factors do you think should be considered in a case like this, and what solution would best serve the interests of justice? In answering, be sure to distinguish carefully between what you know and what you assume, guess, or speculate. After answering these questions, check out the most up-to-date version of the story on the Internet. Use the search term “American Indian Movement Black Hills National Forest.”

 

1982年底，在南达科他州悄然审理了一起指控美国政府反对美国印第安人运动的案件。政府试图结束这个印第安人组织对布莱克山国家森林公共土地达20个月的占领。该组织声称，该地区对他们来说是一片圣地——他们的出生地、他们祖先的墓地和他们宇宙的中心——因此应该变成一个永久的、以宗教为基础的美国原住民社区。政府坚持认为，该集团对这片土地没有法律要求。你认为在这样的情况下应该考虑哪些因素，哪些解决方案最有利于正义的利益？在回答时，一定要仔细区分你所知道的和你的假设、猜测或推测的东西。在回答完这些问题后，请在网上查看这个故事的最新版本。使用搜索词“美国印第安人运动布莱克山国家森林”。

我认为应该考虑的因素有政治、经济、种族、和平、法律、宗教等。

我认为在尊重印第安人宗教、信仰和种族平等的基础上，在国家森林实行法律保护和实施，美国政府持有土地所有权和管理权，当地居民拥有居住权。在国家森林，居民们仍然可以信仰宗教、进行宗教活动，该地区仍是他们的圣地。这样既满足了印第安人的宗教需求和精神信仰，又将地区控制权交给了美国政府，同时也促进了当地政治、经济的发展，减少了政治、领土冲突，促进和平。