ORIGINAL: Lady Forge
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quote]There is a world of difference between dependancy and assistance
Tell that to the person whom has become dependent on assistance.......The two go hand in hand.... you offer assistance and they come back depending on it to be there for them again.Do you think that it only plagues the Native American Indians....
Where in any of my post did I say that this only plagues indians? I am staying in-line with the subject at hand, of course it applies to others.
Think about it when you watch the person in line at the store paying for food with food stamps... When a young person goes to apply for school Grants they depend on those federal grant programs to assist in paying for their college education. I know the U of I was more than a little freaked when the Governor wanted to pull 14 million dollars in funding assistance to the school... they depended on that assistance.
As for you assumeing to know what my reasonings are is way off mark .... How could you know ...are you me?.... No you only assume.
Re-read my post, I am merily following your line of reasoning and taking it to it's ultimate conclusion.
You profess to know that the Indians are lacking Morality, Hope and Pride ... how could you know this is what we think and feel unless you are an Native American Indian... what you have Professed is only your opinion you have formed ... Or was it done by living as an Native American Indian????????????
Again, by following your reasoning, one must be something in order to evaluate it or comment upon it. Therefore you cannot comment on the war unless you are a soldier, you cannot comment on the U of I unless you are a university admisnistrator. Secondly, as evidenced by your own post, you are less then 1/2 indian, thus, you are more non-indian then indian yet you chose to speak on their behalf? And enough with the "we" comments, I know an awful lot of indians who hate the reservation systems and the current indian culture.
As for being laughable ............. Well your ignorance is your bliss.
Finally, we both agree on something.
Until you have walked in our shoes and lived in our shoes ....dont profess to know what is best for us, or to assume to know what we feel... just because you learned it from a book..... pull your nose out of the book and take a walk in the real world with your eyes open.
Now this I find a little suspicious. Have you even read my post? I have been on, visited, recreated, and worked on several reservations across the west. My father in law lives on the Blackfeet rez, and my good freinds from Wolfpoint live on the Ft. Peck, and by the way, the Ft. Peck freinds both graduated from the Salish/Kootinia College and are 1/4 Flathead.
DONE with this .... Have a nice day.
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You have my absolute promise that this is my last post on this thread. You get the last word if you chose....you have a wonderful day.