why can't the supreme court act , if the government break many indian's treaties?

They can and will act ... IF the case is brought to them by the procedural rules.

They can't just sit there and say the Feds f*** the Native Americans again...the Natives have to go to Federal District Court to make a claim of injustice. Get a bad ruling, appeal to the Court of Appeals for that particular region and then try to get the Supremes to hear the case.

SO MANY promises were broken over the years by the Feds to not only the Indians but to the blacks. The Court does not care. I am serious! They are not going to look at every law or injustice -- they want it to be one which affects the entire US - to heck with ones which are so focused on a group. Well, in some times, they do, but not often.

The Indians were not able to comprehend a lot of this treaty crap-o-la. It sounded good to them, but the Government worked it to THEIR benefit (as usual).

It would take an extemely long and complicated court battle to even get it past the Appellate level, let alone the Supremes. They will not willingly take it on. And if they did, they will defer to prior rulings of the Court or to ... well, history. They will not do anything.

The Supreme Court does not have standing in those types of cases.

That is, they cannot act on a problem that does not affect them personally. Only people with standing can bring a case before the court, and I don't think any of the native Americans are suing the government.

Even if the native Americana are attempting to sue the government, and if the case made it all the way to the Supreme Court, the court may choose not to consider the case for any reason. The Supreme Court only considers a small fraction of the cases they receive.

The Supreme Court - or any court - can't do a thing unless there is an active case before it.

The court has ruled on several Indian cases, although perhaps not the way you would want them to rule.

YES. Please, if you haven't read up on the "Trail of Tears", I would suggest you google it and try to find as many historical, and educational articles that you can on it. It was one of the WORST instances of Native American genocide in American history. In fact, if it weren't for legislation calling to allow these people to live on reservations, this race would have been all but erased. There are very few full-blooded Native Americans around today. The bloodline is thinning out at a very rapid speed. I think this is truly sad. edit: please note that I'm not suggesting America did these people a favor by allowing these reservations, when in fact, this entire land should be theirs' -- but you seriously have to wonder where they'd be, if this legislation hadn't kicked in. Toolman - I knew an idiot like you would have to make his opinion known on this topic ...

Who really cares about a few indians?

When did that august body ever concern themselves with Native affairs,I'm at a loss.