saintmichaeldefendthem
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I have a lot of respect for this post. I live in two worlds, I live amongst mostly white people in Western Idaho but my family lives mostly in Montana on a reservation on the Canadian border. I visit about twice a year and the contrast is heartbreaking. It's getting better, I'm happy to say, but there are still many of my people mired in hopelessness. My path to prosperity lied in leaving the reservation as a child and being raised here in Idaho, but that's changing.First of all- don't get your information from TV. Hell if I got my info on New Zealand from TV I would assume that there is nothing but kiwi birds and the All Blacks in New Zealand.
Both African Americans and Native Americans got shafted in American history. I can't say that either are treated much better than the other by society at large. Both have issues and problems that likely date back to their ancestors being screwed over, and there is no easy fix to the problems.
Name five famous Native americans without the use of google? and not chiefs. they are treated like wild animals. blacks are treated like victims who need help.
I am sorry- you are an ignorant idiot who knows nothing about the United States but what you have seen on TV.
I have traveled clear across the United States- and have been on numerous reservations. I have known native Americans- and there is no generalization that fits all. They are not treated like 'wild animals'- native Americans now are treated better than in any period prior to the conquest of the Americas.
That doesn't mean that they in general are doing well- but native American communities have more control over their own affairs now than they had for over 100 years. The issues that they do have are left over from history- alcoholism, unemployment, hopelessness, reservations on generally mediocre land with limited resources.
Famous?
Every American knows of Jim Thorpe. (don't know who he is? Look him up)
Most should know of Ben Campbell- a native American Senator.
Graham Greene might be the most famous native American actor.
Russel Means was a native American activist- fighting for native rights.
Ishi- the last survivor of a tribe in Northern California wiped out by Americans, who was found and given a home at the University of Berkeley.
What's changed? Our housing is better, our land is cleaned up more, crime is down, and opportunities for employment through preferred contracts is giving us more choices. I hope you continue to meet with our people across the nation and dispel the many myths believed about us.