tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post2351719047103797398..comments2024-03-28T21:23:54.204-04:00Comments on DON'T READ THIS; IT'S BORING!: Want What You Have, Gratitude, Rememberance & Transforming Our Heartsslugmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-30974611093186924042012-11-21T18:46:06.384-05:002012-11-21T18:46:06.384-05:00Actually, giving someone adequate housing, healthf...Actually, giving someone adequate housing, healthful food, and freedom from worry is necessary for someone to study, learn, and excel. Most people cannot buck all the odds and be successful.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-46856702432249357842012-11-21T15:21:30.960-05:002012-11-21T15:21:30.960-05:00Sluggy,
I suffer from those horrendous stereotypes...Sluggy,<br />I suffer from those horrendous stereotypes of the Southerner even to this day, especially in online encounters. You do have a way with words. <br /><br />Unfortunately, stereotypes are based on a shred of truth, magnified until the wearers of the unwitting and unwilling wearers of the stereotypes sometimes try to live down to expectations. Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-4515670979186345602012-11-21T15:18:21.848-05:002012-11-21T15:18:21.848-05:00I was not objecting to their making money from a w...I was not objecting to their making money from a white man's addiction. However, getting money for yourself from an addiction is an addiction-driven economy, not conducive to bettering yourself as a minority. Payouts from casinos are regulated unless it is an Indian-owned casino. So, any white who goes to an Indian casino has less of a chance to win at anything. I don't object to that. <br /><br />Over the years I have wanted to teach at a reservation. I am not sure I am young enough to stand the harsh conditions under which I would have to live. <br /><br />Anyone who wants to be treated fairly by the DWEM is further marginalized in this country. I have experienced this myself and seen it in action. Anyone who acquieses will be treated more faborably. No, not with rights but with smiles...lol...horrid but true. <br /><br />I really don't think we need to give anyone anything, just allow people a fair chance. However, the govt wants to give a piddling bit and call it all fixed, all done. Decent housing and access to helping themselves should be given. The fair chance is what is missing in all programs we have. Access to helping themselves includes education, a good education. Food stamp mentality will not allow anyone to succeed and thrive. We know that. Education is the key. That is why I am an educator. Most people want to learn how to succeed. I truly believe this. It is not just a job to me. <br /><br />I did not know about NM voting. That is so illegal. How do governments get away with this? (Rhetorical only)Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-55141886750475651322012-11-21T11:26:02.637-05:002012-11-21T11:26:02.637-05:00There are many offensive to this group things in o...There are many offensive to this group things in our society still.....just look at the sports teams names!lol<br />And I won't even get into how I feel about the derogatory stereotypes perpetrated upon anyone of Southern extraction and the rewriting of history by the Northern conquerors after our great internal struggle. ;-)<br />slugmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-4418307616654203252012-11-21T11:18:06.177-05:002012-11-21T11:18:06.177-05:00The problem is that the Indian National is separat...The problem is that the Indian National is separate but not. Some tribes have turned the tables and used the white man's addiction to gambling to get the upper hand for once. How many native peoples were taken advantage of through the centuries with the DWEM's alcohol? I say turn about is fair play. ;-)<br /><br />The truly needy are those on the reservations out west. There are no jobs, the land they have been "given" supports little farming, there is no economy there for them. Drug and alcohol use and suicide rates are through the roof. Medical assistance and educational intervention are desperately needed. This impoverished group doesn't have the political pull like other "non-white" minorities do to get the attention of the federal govt.<br />Unless they have leased mineral rights, they get no payments from the govt. if they live on rez. Natives weren't even granted voting citizen status until 1924 and they were kept from voting in NM until 1962! Rez residents have needs but they also need a hand up(education, training)if they are going to change their lot in life. slugmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-48930276237500349262012-11-21T10:57:43.591-05:002012-11-21T10:57:43.591-05:00The friends group is not directly an arm of any na...The friends group is not directly an arm of any native organization. It's just a group of people who have contacts within the "rez" community and organized to do outreach into the "english" world. I have donated to their children's Christmas project(just like what Salvation Army & Marine Corp does with their toy drives), another Project to supply winter blankets to the elderly(insulated housing is sorely lacking on the rez)and a project for school supplies for some rez schools.<br />There is a yahoo group you can join if you wish to but you don't have to be a part of that to donate money or items.<br />If you look around on the Friends of PRR site, you'll find all kinds of projects and needs from Xmas gifts for kids to building or refurbishing homes on the rez to providing healthcare to just about anything.<br />I hope you find something that speaks to you.slugmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-26098250643028329742012-11-21T09:44:55.992-05:002012-11-21T09:44:55.992-05:00What you have posted, IMO is an essential message ...What you have posted, IMO is an essential message for us all on this day. Native Americans don't, nor should we expect them too, embrace our idea of this day. <br /><br />Now as a female and a socially conscious American, I am sure it doesn't surprise you why Victoria's Secret was so clueless as to the offense of dressing up a psuedo-"Indian" lingerie model. Where I live, there is a large native population and it makes one very aware of the cultural issues.Alex Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15562233895276078957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-34969362905672502852012-11-21T00:02:02.267-05:002012-11-21T00:02:02.267-05:00You are forgetting Manifest Destiny. How can you a...You are forgetting Manifest Destiny. How can you argue with Providence? If God wanted the Europeans to have the North American continent, who are we to argue? Killing is justified by the Old Testament when people were promised land. The DWEM followed suit. (Dead White European Males)<br /><br />As for the problems in the Indian nations, is it possible, just possible that they are still being systemically and with government assistance victimized? WE are the ones, through our government that assists them in their addiction-driven economy. If a person of Native American blood can sit and collect money from the casinos, why should we encourage better conditions, education, and removing an addiction-driven economy from their future? <br /><br />Sorry for the rant, but maybe it matches yours?Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-60375469578142487182012-11-20T22:52:10.971-05:002012-11-20T22:52:10.971-05:00Thank you for sharing the information on Pine Ridg...Thank you for sharing the information on Pine Ridge Reservation.. I would love to hear more about how you were involved with them. And I will be donating to their cause. Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16681111721765764568noreply@blogger.com