Here, I asked an AI of how a new nation that incorporated both might work.
This is NOT unAmerican or antiAmerican and it gets ABSOLUTELY TIRING to be called that for suggesting things like this:
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If a new nation were to be formed that incorporated both the existing states and tribes within current US borders, but sought to improve upon the US model, some potential changes could include:
– An explicit tripartite federal structure with equal representation and powers for States, Tribes, and the Federal government. This would recognize tribes as distinct self-governing nations.
– Tribal homelands would be sovereign autonomous territories associated with but not fully subject to the larger federal apparatus. More akin to how microstates associate with Europe.
– A less centralized federal authority that respects autonomy of States and Tribes over internal affairs by limiting federal overreach via smaller central government.
– Shared management of defense, border security, currency and foreign affairs through multilateral bodies involving all three orders of government.
– Power shared more on basis of population to give Tribal Nations more proportional authority reflecting their citizens relative to states.
– Guaranteed tribal consent for any legislation or treaty directly impacting tribal homelands/resources/jurisdiction at federal/state level.
– Rotation of federal executive/legislative roles between representatives of States, Tribes to promote multicultural cooperation.
– Greater rights for minority cultural groups/languages beyond just indigenous ones to further pluralism.
– Explicit renunciation of past colonial harms and commitment to continuous reconciliation to redefine nation-building in consent-based manner.
The aim would be a more modern system balancing varied regional identities in a shared alliance with more equitable multicultural partnership at its core.