That may depend on the tribe too.1/128 is all the blood needed to qualify as Native American.
At least that is what the Blackfeet neighbors tell me.
That may depend on the tribe too.1/128 is all the blood needed to qualify as Native American.
At least that is what the Blackfeet neighbors tell me.
It should have been built along the Mason-Dixon Line.Wall is a lil further south.
Elizabeth Warren?1/128 is all the blood needed to qualify as Native American.
At least that is what the Blackfeet neighbors tell me.
Walls were built to keep us from leaving. Just wait.It should have been built along the Mason-Dixon Line.
Amigo for the longest time Native Americans were excluded from participation in the greater society. They weren't even given citizenship until 1924. My father's family is Scots-Irish, my mother's Irish-Cherokee. I get it, it was warfare, the natives lost. Reservations were in ancestral homelands out west(with exceptions)and in a few places back east. But Oklahoma was reserved for tribes who were marched there at the point of a gun. Signed treaties are law and not subject to the whims of a new generation. And the Supreme Court just rightfully ruled that a crime committed on tribal land isn't subject to state courts but must be tried in Federal courts. In Oklahoma the state authorities are highly likely to be of mixed ancestry anyways and not the white good ol' boy network of the plantation south.
You can't reneg on law. The U.S. spent billions rebuilding Europe and Japan after WWII. Just maybe a little largesse directed towards Native Americans is in order.
I am more Cherokee than Liz Warren.
Where's my money?
Keep that thought when the blacks and browns take over this countries government. May take years but it will happen. I guess the privileged white class will have to deal with it.
Not following. Why would Shawnees in OKlahoma share their casino proceeds with Pueblos in New Mexico?
the myth of the Noble Savage. They fought and killed each other, stole land, possessions and captives from each other, and kept slaves.according to the liberals they are one oppressed native american nation who had nothing but love and open arms for each other.
Never underestimate the ignorance of the white liberal mind.according to the liberals they are one oppressed native american nation who had nothing but love and open arms for each other.
Totally different culture that was taken away from them. Making excuses by saying they should act like us is a cop out.you can change for the better. blaming the law for fricking up an entire group of people is a cop out.
OK, if capitalism isn't working for half the population locked into wage slavery then change it. An Indian preferring to live away from the greater culture in poverty rather than participate in what is clearly not that great a life might be smarter and freer than all the people convinced to work two jobs just to exist.all that is a very wonderful narrative to share with me. It means nothing to my point that if the aint working change it. Reservations were and continue to be a bad idea that has hurt the earlier settlers
Tex, please expand, you're beginning to sound like a communist.OK, if capitalism isn't working for half the population locked into wage slavery then change it. An Indian preferring to live away from the greater culture in poverty rather than participate in what is clearly not that great a life might be smarter and freer than all the people convinced to work two jobs just to exist.
Totally different culture that was taken away from them. Making excuses by saying they should act like us is a cop out.
OK, if capitalism isn't working for half the population locked into wage slavery then change it. An Indian preferring to live away from the greater culture in poverty rather than participate in what is clearly not that great a life might be smarter and freer than all the people convinced to work two jobs just to exist.
And Pine Ridge is very remote. Go to Oklahoma or New Mexico or Arizona and see plenty of native communities getting by ok. Might not meet your standards in everything but it's theirs.pine ridge reservation in south dakota is the poorest reservation in the country. they have two casino's and dont use the money to benifit the entire group. Their children ride a bus 4 to 5 hours one way to get to the nearest school. that freedom you speak of sounds nice the practical application sucks.
And Pine Ridge is very remote. Go to Oklahoma or New Mexico or Arizona and see plenty of native communities getting by ok. Might not meet your standards in everything but it's theirs.
Nobody is keeping them on the Res. I've been through the Pine Ridge Res many times and you don't come away impressed with the locals enthusiasm for bettering themselves. They stay on the Res because EVERYTHING essential is provided for them.pine ridge reservation in south dakota is the poorest reservation in the country. they have two casino's and dont use the money to benifit the entire group. Their children ride a bus 4 to 5 hours one way to get to the nearest school. that freedom you speak of sounds nice the practical application sucks.
That's the issue, is a material life desired if their culture doesn't emphasize such things? No doubt some Native Americans do aspire to a nice home in a nice neighborhood, but many are satisfied to take whatever they can get on their own land rather than venture into what is for many an alien world. That's their decision and trying to force them into the mainstream isn't the white man's to make.Tex, please expand, you're beginning to sound like a communist.
I'd like to dissect in my mind exactly what you are saying about the plight of original inhabitants.
I have two questions:
1. Does capitalism work?
2. Does,
"An Indian preferring to live away from the greater culture in poverty rather than participate in what is clearly not that great a life,"
negate his or her responsibility for them, individually and their offspring, if a better life, monetarily, and asset wise is aspired to?
I'm just gathering information.