Unless Aboriginal peoples give free, prior and informed consent to any development on their ancestral lands, such development becomes the result theft, violence and greed.  The plain truth is that most Aboriginal lands in North America were seized by force, and the 'push west' of American history had as its cornerstone a war of genocide against Aboriginal peoples.  Now, even the lands left to Aboriginal people after one of the most unjust campaigns of conquest in history are being stolen.  It is sad to contemplate that in its thoughts, words and deeds, federal and state governments, in thrall to the idolatry of wealth and self, show their hostility to Christian principles.  One can only hope the Church will be successful in its attempts to re-evangelise North America ... a nation that worships the Golden Calf cannot long endure.