How do I make a clip "independant" in FCP 7.0.3?

I have two imported DV clips.
- One is 45 minutes long
- One is about 15 minutes long
I want to break these two captured files up into "chunks" so I can edit them in the timeline without even referencing the original DV clips.
Reason: editing nightmare I am trying to resolve.
- I know how to use "mark dv start/stop" in each DV clip to segment my DV clips into my original "shots" on DV tape.
- I know how to make "subclips" from the 'segments".
What I don't know how to do is to make these new clips TOTALLY independant of the source footage because my edits are getting completely messed up. Someone suggested I make the new segment clips "independant" clips, but I can't seem to find that option anywhere.
Any suggestions?
thanks

Thank you ALL!
These are some of the best answer I have got so far, but let me run a few things by you and see what you think...
My original, orignal question was something like "How do I import and break up my video so I can edit my shots on the timeline?"
My real goal, as you might guess, is to make FCP do the grunt work so I can get my "shots" from the DV camera into the timeline so I can cut them, move them around, synch them to audio etc. That's why FCP is called a non-linear editor. Right?
I really don't want to have to export and then reimport a bunch of video clips because that's a lot of work for ME. I know that you can do this, and I know how to do it, but come on! I want to make FCP do that work, and theorietically it should be able to do this.
From digging around on the internet, and from asking multiple questions on this forum, here is the workflow I have peiced together. (I am not sure if it will work yet because I still have to test it...)
I think the complete answer is:
1) Capture video to a project (the whole tape)
2) Select the master clip (the whole tape) in the browser and choose "Mark/ DV Start/Stop" (just like you said)
3) Select the resulting video "segments" in the browser and choose "Make Clip" from the modify menu (this converts the original captured segments into subclips)
4) Select the resulting video subclips and drag them to the timeline for editing (I am not sure if I also need to "Remove Clip Limitations" from the subclips as well, but at least I know where to look if my 5 steps don't work)
5) Right click on the video subclips in the timeline and choose "make independant clip"
The bottom line is that I am trying to get FCP to do the grunt work of keeping track of my video ins/outs, segments, subclips and independant clips without me having to manage 100 files on my hard drive in the project folder! The whole point of NLE is to let the computer figure out how to arrange and render all of your stuff based on information that is stored in the FCP file.
Thoughts?

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