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Originally Posted by 4X4
If they don't want stuff like that, why do they drive cars and have natural gas heating? Obviously they do, or else they'd be riding horses and living in teepees.
I think that it has much less to do with what they want, and much more to do with a major distrust of us whiteys. Hopefully over a couple more generations, they'll realize that just because our great great grandfathers stole their land, doesn't mean that we are trying to do it. We live in a commerce based society, and nobody can just go and take anything anymore. Their land is worth hundreds of millions. All they need to do is use a bit of it here, to improve a bunch of it there.
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It probably is major mistrust and it'd be tough to blame them based on all the prejudice evidenced in society and in this very thread (some good points on both sides however). I just don't believe money is the issue because of the amount the city threw at them to make this road.
I'm not saying their values are so skewed that they don't care about basic needs like heating and basic transportation, maybe they don't really care about improving their lives, maybe they're happy just the way things are.
I guess my problem with this thread are the judgements, the belief that they are like little children that need handling and that we know what's best for them.