-=> John Stormm said this to Ray Ledford <=-
 RL>I think there may be cultural reasons why Native American activists
 RL>aren't as vocal and noticable as other minority activists.  I can't
 RL>quite put my finger on what it is, but the reasons may have their
 RL>roots in post-contact cultural changes.  I'm thinking mostly of
 RL>changes stemming from adaptations made under early reservation life.
 JS> I'm inclined to believe that part of the reason is also that when one
 JS> has been lied to as many times as Native Americans (and just about
 JS> everyone else Uncle Sam deals with), you get to the point where you
 JS> just don't want to deal with the "liars" anymore.  You look back and
 JS> see where it's gotten you, and then look ahead and figure that any deal
 JS> we come to, will very likely be a "lie" as well.  Why bother?  It's
 JS> like that old brain teaser: "Everything I'm Telling You Is A Lie" and
 JS> then you try to figure out what exactly they are saying.  It just gives
 JS> you a headache.
That certainly does ring true, doesn't it?  It's a problem first
encountered by the Native Nations, then by other minorities, and
finally in today's America, -everyone- experiences it.  I'm not in
favor of anarchy (at least, not total anarchy!), but it seems to me
as if we'd all be better off if we'd just take the current crop of
rats in the government and locked them up.  Just start the whole
thing over with a new set who'd be more respectful of all of us.
... The white man will never be alone.  --Chief Seattle
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