Why do we have Indian reservations?

[chris302001]

And to think a mere 50 miles to the west is a lode of 1.2 million acres they are entitled to.

I agree, the Badlands have a unique beauty all it's own.

Perhaps.... I cant remember, but for some reason I'm getting the feeling that you've been in the area before. If so were you just passing through/visiting? I'm getting a weird sense of deja vue...

 

[BlueBird]

Perhaps.... I cant remember, but for some reason I'm getting the feeling that you've been in the area before. If so were you just passing through/visiting? I'm getting a weird sense of deja vue...

lol, I lived in the Black Hills for 13 years. I'm a squatter.

 

[musclemom]

So I guess that sux for you that you cant check the "native american" box and get preferential treatment by the goobermint.

That is the biggest fucking myth out there. My husband is certified, card carrying 50% Native American. You know what the big "preferential treatment" is? If he wants to live on a reservation, he's guaranteed 1 acre of land, that's FUCKING IT.

Being Native American gives you these rights over "regular people":

1. You get 1 acre of reservation land, but you MUST build a house on it, you can't camp on it, you can't use it as vacation property. And if you die and your spouse is not native amer. they get thrown off the land unless tribal counsel votes otherwise.

2. You have the right to kill any kind of animal, at any time of the year, no license required, no limits.

3. You are the only people entitled to own Bald Eagle feathers.

4. You can own/use Peyote legally, if it is part of your religious purposes (and that's not everywhere).

As you can see, being Native American entitles you to many, many priveleges that are not open to whites ... as long as you spend your time living on a reservation, off the land.

The whole schooling/education thing? Yeah, that's bullshit. Health care? Horse shit unless you're on welfare. And since most reservations are in the bumfuck part of any state, there's no work there, so you either live on welfare, on the reservation, or you leave the reservation, and move away fromn your culture, which doesn't really exist anyway so what's the fucking difference?

 

[shrimp poboy]

Dont forget to ad that for every child that is born a check is cut to that mother every month last i heard about 60k a year per indian

 

[musclemom]

Dont forget to ad that for every child that is born a check is cut to that mother every month last i heard about 60k a year per indian

Really? What tribe? And that's what, 60,000 beads worth of wampum? Because the last reservation I traveled across was more poverty stricken than the worst section of city projects I ever saw.

Native Americans, as a group, are an enormous embarassment to the US government and the faster they become diluted and cease to exist the better. It should happen within the next few generations.

The US government succeeded where Hitler failed, they successfully committed genocide.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

It was designed as a way to keep indians far away from society, so they can drink, be violent, uneducated and live in poverty by themselves.

And the plan has worked damn well. Except for those 5-member 'indian' tribes that have casinos.

r

Please much like everyone else in north america they have ample oppertunity to make the best for themselves. Most choose to take the easy way out live in the cycle of poverty and drugs/alcohol abuse. If you ever look into native bursaries there is tons not to mention the tax breaks etc. It is like anything in life if you grew up in a ghetto you can choose to better yourself or stay stuck. I have many relatives that would qualify for there status but choose not to suck off the system even though they pay into it. I know of some friends that have used there status to there advantage and don't fault them in the least either. I only know what is true for Canada for the US I have no idea what they can or can not recieve.

 

[shrimp poboy]

Really? What tribe? And that's what, 60,000 beads worth of wampum? Because the last reservation I traveled across was more poverty stricken than the worst section of city projects I ever saw.

Native Americans, as a group, are an enormous embarassment to the US government and the faster they become diluted and cease to exist the better. It should happen within the next few generations.

The US government succeeded where Hitler failed, they successfully committed genocide.

That was seminole tribe in florida

 

[superqt4u2nv]

That is the biggest fucking myth out there. My husband is certified, card carrying 50% Native American. You know what the big "preferential treatment" is? If he wants to live on a reservation, he's guaranteed 1 acre of land, that's FUCKING IT.

Being Native American gives you these rights over "regular people":

1. You get 1 acre of reservation land, but you MUST build a house on it, you can't camp on it, you can't use it as vacation property. And if you die and your spouse is not native amer. they get thrown off the land unless tribal counsel votes otherwise.

2. You have the right to kill any kind of animal, at any time of the year, no license required, no limits.

3. You are the only people entitled to own Bald Eagle feathers.

4. You can own/use Peyote legally, if it is part of your religious purposes (and that's not everywhere).

As you can see, being Native American entitles you to many, many priveleges that are not open to whites ... as long as you spend your time living on a reservation, off the land.

The whole schooling/education thing? Yeah, that's bullshit. Health care? Horse shit unless you're on welfare. And since most reservations are in the bumfuck part of any state, there's no work there, so you either live on welfare, on the reservation, or you leave the reservation, and move away fromn your culture, which doesn't really exist anyway so what's the fucking difference?

I am to lazy to go through all the benifts but a big one here is tax breaks Indian Status I woud take full advantage of that if I qualified no doubt about it. A friend of mine who has his native status so does his brother anyways his brother works on a reserve as a cop makes 75K a year plus over time tax free with his status.

 

[musclemom]

I am to lazy to go through all the benifts but a big one here is tax breaks Indian Status I woud take full advantage of that if I qualified no doubt about it. A friend of mine who has his native status so does his brother anyways his brother works on a reserve as a cop makes 75K a year plus over time tax free with his status.

In my observation, your friend is the exception, not the rule. Additionally, you are Canadian. I hate to state the obvious, but there's a big difference between the way Canada treats its people in general versus the way the US does.

Actually, my husband is a member of a Canadian Mohawk tribe, it's one of our retirement options if his 401K and pension evaporate the way I think they will, but not high on our list as we both truly fucking hate the cold.

 

[Razorguns]

Please much like everyone else in north america they have ample oppertunity to make the best for themselves. Most choose to take the easy way out live in the cycle of poverty and drugs/alcohol abuse. If you ever look into native bursaries there is tons not to mention the tax breaks etc. It is like anything in life if you grew up in a ghetto you can choose to better yourself or stay stuck. I have many relatives that would qualify for there status but choose not to suck off the system even though they pay into it. I know of some friends that have used there status to there advantage and don't fault them in the least either. I only know what is true for Canada for the US I have no idea what they can or can not recieve.

As musclemom posted above, the benefits are a 'joke'. how about the benefit of not living in poverty, high crime, 90% unemploynment rate, 75% high school dropout, and high suicide rate?

Reservations were designed to eventually eliminate natives, and it's doing a good job actually.

r