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Originally Posted by daveyboy
Exactly! I don't want your money, I just want the to live a normal life, the Flames to wn the cup and the Oilers to suck.
I think some of you would do well trying to be Native for a week, it's like wearing a red badge of shame just because some Native people around Ponoka were on drugs or one band in Manitoba is being crazy. If I were to judge White people by many of the posts in just this thread it wouldn't be a very positive outlook either.
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The biggest problem is that most natives have shuttered themselves into their reservations, allowing their leaders to squander what their band gets. The vast majority of the native people I have encountered have been those that have ventured into town to get drunk, high or both - often on my dime. Very, very, very few natives enter the real world with the goal of improving their lives, and that of their children. The few of such that I have met have worked hard enough to vastly improve their lives, that of their families, and have helped re-shape the opinion of the ability of native people for those around them.
You say that we would do well to be native for a week? I would suggest that most natives would do well to be like everyone else for a week: where nothing is given to you. Where you have to earn your lot in life. Frankly, I find native people in general to be the most narrow minded, and narrow viewed people I have ever encountered - aside from those few notable individuals who have stepped beyond the reservation.