abe supercro
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There was a member here, Iron Eyes, who kept getting banned. He was Irish. Yes, his other hand had 'EYES' tattooed on his fingers. @mr sunshine you remember..
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There was a member here, Iron Eyes, who kept getting banned. He was Irish. Yes, his other hand had 'EYES' tattooed on his fingers. @mr sunshine you remember..
mr sunshine
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The bum king?How can I forget. @ironeyes FUCK YOU!
mr sunshine
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And your dumbass little hat.
VTMi'kmaq
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kinetic
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Lets get up to date a bit. I see someone posted some ignorant shit earlier.
There may not be fully fluent language speakers here on RIU, and there may not be many fluent language speakers across the country given ratio to the total Native populace. Which is approx. 1.25% of the population in the U.S. That does not mean that there are not those educating themselves right now. Learning everyday. Also not being fluent does not mean a person is separated completely from their culture. Until the Native American Language Act of 1990 the U.S. gov't had an official policy of eradication of Native Languages. Hard to get BIA funding for language classes this way, for one. (The BIA is a whole other topic, but thats how things work now). There are also places like the Akwesasne Freedom School that have been teaching young Native children their own ways and languages since 1979. Many federally recognized Native Nations have language classes. There are even iphone apps available. Young people have become fluent in the 21 century, they are most likely not here posting but performing direct action measures to give their people a voice.
There is a drug problem with Native youth, I agree. Majority? I think not. Generational trauma is a very real thing and there are those that are working hard to reach out to the youth to remind them of worth. To give them inspiration. There is also a suicide epidemic in Indian Country. The second lowest life expectancy in the western hemisphere is on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. A disgrace for America in it's own borders that no one wants to talk about.
There are also many positive things happening. In Canada the new Prime Minister has called for an investigation into the missing and murdered indigenous woman that have plagued Canada for a long time. There are young people earning their traditional names through time honored ceremonies. Things kept hidden and passed on even though genocide was policy many times used against First Nations peoples. "Official" Anon has made a map of Turtle Islands MMIW. Anon is an ally of first Nations people. If a person is going to rep Anon in name and avi they should know what side Legion is on. Or else they are just a faction or Wasi'chu.
There may not be fully fluent language speakers here on RIU, and there may not be many fluent language speakers across the country given ratio to the total Native populace. Which is approx. 1.25% of the population in the U.S. That does not mean that there are not those educating themselves right now. Learning everyday. Also not being fluent does not mean a person is separated completely from their culture. Until the Native American Language Act of 1990 the U.S. gov't had an official policy of eradication of Native Languages. Hard to get BIA funding for language classes this way, for one. (The BIA is a whole other topic, but thats how things work now). There are also places like the Akwesasne Freedom School that have been teaching young Native children their own ways and languages since 1979. Many federally recognized Native Nations have language classes. There are even iphone apps available. Young people have become fluent in the 21 century, they are most likely not here posting but performing direct action measures to give their people a voice.
There is a drug problem with Native youth, I agree. Majority? I think not. Generational trauma is a very real thing and there are those that are working hard to reach out to the youth to remind them of worth. To give them inspiration. There is also a suicide epidemic in Indian Country. The second lowest life expectancy in the western hemisphere is on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. A disgrace for America in it's own borders that no one wants to talk about.
There are also many positive things happening. In Canada the new Prime Minister has called for an investigation into the missing and murdered indigenous woman that have plagued Canada for a long time. There are young people earning their traditional names through time honored ceremonies. Things kept hidden and passed on even though genocide was policy many times used against First Nations peoples. "Official" Anon has made a map of Turtle Islands MMIW. Anon is an ally of first Nations people. If a person is going to rep Anon in name and avi they should know what side Legion is on. Or else they are just a faction or Wasi'chu.
kinetic
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If anyone would like more information from independent Native news sources I would encourage you to follow publications like Indian Country Today, Native News Online, Last Real Indian or Indianz dot com. There was just a very important case brought to the supreme court this past week. Dollar General is basically arguing that their manager should not be responsible for the sexual assault of a 13 year old Choctaw boy on Choctaw land. Other current issue include Oak Flat, how Keystone XL was in violation of the fort Laramie Treaty (which in turn is a violation of article vi of the U.S. constitution that states treaties are the supreme law of the land).
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Hey err'body that may recognize the name.
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Hey err'body that may recognize the name.
whitebb2727
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I have some blood. I couldn't tell you more than that.
I can tell you that a lot of my elder folks were very much into how natives lived. I have people in my family that learned medicine and keep all kinds of herbs and roots.
I would like to get with them and take pics and how to prepare everything and dosage.
I live my life trying to be one with nature.
I can tell you that a lot of my elder folks were very much into how natives lived. I have people in my family that learned medicine and keep all kinds of herbs and roots.
I would like to get with them and take pics and how to prepare everything and dosage.
I live my life trying to be one with nature.