DID YOU KNOW THAT NATIVE AMERICANS (ABORIGINAL AMERICANS) CAN TRAVEL FREELY BETWEEN MEXICO, CANADA AND THE USA?
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by admin in Canada travel
They are titled First Nations in Canada; they do not requirement a characteristic or a Visa to movement throughout North America; thence some of the grouping that you adopt are banned are not banned at all. What do you conceive of that?
bob_frangione2000
20. Feb, 2010
It is a rumor, created by a myth. There is no such agreement between the three North American Nations
hoovarted
20. Feb, 2010
Not much!
But travel all they want. It’s OK by me. Let them travel here and travel there and travel travel travel till there little old hearts are just traveled out. Here’s the deal. It’s not the traveling. It’s the stopping and milking the American taxpayer at the tune of 100 billion dollars to provide food, housing, shelter and free healthcare. It’s not the traveling that’s a problem. It’s the stopping and staying.
Political I
20. Feb, 2010
That is not the case. Whether they are citizens of the United States, Canada or Mexico, exactly the same immigration laws apply to them as any other Americans, Canadians and Mexicans.
mohawkgirl2002
20. Feb, 2010
well it’s neither myth nor story…its law.
it applies to the border between canada and usa only..not mexico and its called the Jay Treaty. native people from either side of the border may cross freely. if you care to educate yourself further just google Jay Treaty.
freebird
20. Feb, 2010
Thank you Mohawk Girl for your clarification. I would have expected more people to be aware of this. I never cease to be surprised by the lack of knowledge of most Americans about Native rights. I knew about it and I’m the new immigrant here.
Alex S
20. Feb, 2010
as it should be. This is our land. The white nations have no power over us, despite all their genocidal efforts
Officer Jeff
20. Feb, 2010
Under the Jay Treaty, Native North Americans (51% or more Indian blood) are guaranteed free travel and/or live/work in either Canada or the United States.
Mexico is not part of the Jay Treaty.
JT55
20. Feb, 2010
Would be cool if it was true. Good for them. Our governments have screwed them over in all three countries. Have people seen the list of broken treaties?????
Jeannie Out of the Bottle
20. Feb, 2010
The Jay Treaty is between Canada and the US, not Mexico.
If a person is at least 50% Native American and born in Canada, he or she may enter and live in the US.
I am half-Choctaw, and have no link to Canada and no desire to go there. Do not mix BIA issues with illegal alien issues. I don’t think you’ll find many Algonguins with a Central American accent.
ƝɨѕhҠѡe
20. Feb, 2010
Yes… Native Americans always freely crossed the US, Canada and Mexican borders.
That has only changed in modern times, as the United States became concerned about the number of people entering the United States across the Mexican border.
There are Native Americans who have the legal right to cross the Mexican- US border.
They are the Kickapoo from the Mexican state of Coahuila. They are an Algonquian speaking Nation. The Kickapoo were forced out of their original homeland in Michigan.
American Indian and Northern Marianas Cards [62 FR 44292] [FR 40-97]
http://www.uscis.gov/propub/ProPubVAP.jsp?dockey=aad6ea04fcd3636c1533ce5222e8d6cf
KICKAPOO
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/K/KI004.html
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On the US – Canada border……. Article III of the Jay Treaty declared the right of American Indians trade and travel between the United States and Canada,
This right was restated in section 289 of the 1952 U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act.
Currently codified as 8 U.S.C. § 1359: Nothing in this title shall be construed to affect the right of American Indians born in Canada to pass the borders of the United States
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23.8 Section 289 Cases. (excerpts)
(a) General . An American Indian born in Canada, with at least 50% American Indian blood, cannot be denied admission to the U.S., and is entitled to evidence of lawful permanent resident status.
http://www.uscis.gov/propub/ProPubVAP.jsp?dockey=35e99b29b084edff1c6d9e7a7dbd8e65
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For many Native Americans (border Nations) there is an ongoing issue of access to our ancestral land. There are currently at least 4 cases before the courts.
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BTW
Jeannie Out of the Bottle – the laws for either border, doesn’t and has never applied to the Choctaw. Your people were not connected in any way to the Jay Treaty.
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Sunflower
20. Feb, 2010
i didnt know that
Sara Wooten
23. Feb, 2010
Question about the Jay Treaty….what about the Canadian Haida Tribe? Are they covered by the Jay Treaty?