us indians going hungry because of the us government!!!
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i watched this show last night on pbs and it angered me that these people have an 85% unemployment rate and they grow hemp, wich is not the same as marajuana, in order to survive. people, how many jobs can there be on an indian reservation!! not only that but these reservations have their own police and government system in place. they survive on their own and run their own community without taking from the american government as little as possible. the american government siezed their cash crops and charged the grower for growing marajuana. the american government also took 25 horses fron this person cause he couldn't pay the fines that were put on him. now the government is not supposed to be able to have any kind of say on the reservation at all and if thats not bad enough they take their cash crop, fine them and then take their horses away cause they couldn't pay the fine cause they didn't have the money cause they didn't have a cash crop anymore. when is the us government going to leave these people alone and quit robbing them blind? these people can barely feed their famileys now and are living in utter poverty. we need to speak out on this!!!! everyone write or call president bush please and let him know that this is an injustice. oh, and by the way while your asking him that ask him wjhat he sat down and ate for dinner last night cand for him to compare his meals to what the indians are having to eat!!!! all because of the us government.!!!! the hemp that the indian resevations are growing has extremely low thc. you can't even get high off of it. they use it for rope and oil. please watch this special on pbs. time andschedules are listed below. or go to pbs.org Skip Navigation Go to text only site NPR Home Page
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All Things Considered, September 26, 2000 · From South Dakota, Charles Michael Ray reports on the seizure of 4-thousand industrial grade hemp plants from land on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Federal agents took the plants last month even though hemp was legalized by the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council as a cash crop. The council claims it's their sovereign right to grow hemp on tribal lands. Federal officials disagree.
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For one thing I never said I didn't love my country. I said I didn't love my government. There's a very big difference. Also, if I had the money I would go live in Ireland. In fact the minute I get the money for this I will because it's my second biggest heritage next to Cherokee.
Also I feel that obedience is the coward's way to life. I may be radical but I will not abide by the laws of man if they do not meet with the laws of my Goddess. I will not and I don't care if I die for it. And that I find not to be a fault but something noble. Something worth death. That's something I know I inherit from my Cherokee roots.
I'm glad you aren't overly enraged at what I said because it's true that everyone has their own opinions and I don't go out of my way to change other people's minds. I simply state my own beliefs and whether they coincide with everyone else's isn't my problem.
So, if you choose to respond that is, was this a real person or a spirit guide? I'm just curious.
Submitted by griercamille on July 7, 2007 - 9:21am.
I think it was you I saw, a blond with indian heritage.I think you have long blond hair and you are older.Thats part of my gift. If I communicate with someone long enough I am able to get an impression of who you are.I think you are trying to instill your beleifs in someone. I am only a woman how much can I do. I think you are a male but I am not sure.You are very angry,let it go.
It "aint worth it." I wish you peace love and hormony. I am also getting an impression of three people. I am done.I wish to end this discourse.I have nothing to say. If you have been disrespectful cant blame you too much since I responded to your blog and was not forced to do so but if you are on the verge of insanity get help. Smile (I am joking). I am part irish too.
Submitted by griercamille on July 6, 2007 - 1:50pm.
Something strange happened to me today I was going to the gas station when I saw a person who appeared to have one side of there hair gray and one side blond and I realized that I must make it very clear that I wish American Indians no harm and I would not dare to tell them what to do.They have the right to choose their own destiny. They are a special people with special spiritual gifts. I would not disrespect them in anyway as they have used nature to survive for hundreds of years.I was rather baffled as I do have some spiritual gifts myself. If I dare to go any farthur the person I saw had long blond hair but their physical body appeared to be shaped like that of an older American Indian.So I make this clear whatever has been discussed is with complete respect and no ill will to any original people of this land.
Submitted by griercamille on July 6, 2007 - 7:06am.
Put all aside its been fun talking with you
you are entitled to your own veiws but I wish you would not be so radical.Good luck,
the end. I wont be responding anymore but I enjoyed our discussion.
Submitted by griercamille on July 6, 2007 - 7:06am.
Put all aside its been fun talking with you
you are entitled to your own veiws but I wish you would not be so radical.Good luck,
the end. I wont be responding anymore but I enjoyed our discussion.
Submitted by griercamille on July 6, 2007 - 6:53am.
Were is your layolty to your country to your people.If growing hemp is against the law it should be so far every citizens.All men are created equal where is the equality.I would never want to be your friend you have no layolty and is blinded by your own need rather than the need of the vast majority of people.Open your eyes and see how to acheive peace not war not hostility
not anger and destruction. Obediece should not be for some but for all.If a black man was growing hemp he would go to goal so until the law has changed where hemped is allowed to be grown for industrial reason
or otherwise it should not be done.If you want to grow hemp legal seek the court system. Thats it aint got no more to say. Good luck. You should go and live in another country since you sympathize with them so much.
I happen to know American history and I feel insulted that someone who can't even type correctly would tell me to educate myself on something I happen to find my forte. I think perhaps you need to go and find out about real American history rather than trust what the school - a government institute - taught you. There's much they feel we shouldn't know about what America does to other countries. If you really knew what they did then you would realize that the bad outweighs the good by far. What they actually do that's good isn't selfless either. It's always for a reason that benefits them.
I would also like you to know that I do not STRIVE for unrest I only foresee it. I love peace. I wish everyone would live in peace. I am a pacifist. But being a pacifist does not mean I have to hide behind rose colored glasses, unprepared for reality when it comes crashing down on me.
I do not like the government. I will admit that. I see it's faults and I see it's good deeds. However as I've said the bad outweighs the good and I can not love and support a government that does such things. We have put into place the most vicious leaders known to man including Saddam! Did you know that? Did you know that we appointed him to rule over there? Probably not from your attitude. And then we go over there and "save" the people he's been ruling over? It's more like we tried to go over there and cover our asses. Oh, and the reason we actually went over there turned out to be false. The government's just trying to get the public to take it's eyes of their mistakes and look at something that can be seen as good. That's all they've done for as long as I can remember. And it works. They've created stupid, fat, lazy citizens so they can rule over them and take away their rights. That's all the American government is worried about! Power!
I would also like to say that I don't care how many terrorist attacks happen to America. I wouldn't care if I survived eight of them. I still would not walk around in fear because I have no fear of death. That's the only real way to fight terrorism because getting riled up and fearing the worst - doing stupid things in response - that's what they want. That's letting it work.
However, we seem to be straying from the subject and getting into something much deeper. The fact of the matter remains that the government promised to let the Native Americans govern themselves. They signed a treaty about it! There's paper work on this promise! And they went back on it. They broke their own laws. They're trying to govern the Native Americans by telling them they can't grow Hemp. Those are the facts. Not my opinions. FACTS. REALITIES! TRUTHS! I don't know how else to say it. And I get the feeling you aren't reading everything I'm writing otherwise this point would have gotten across the first time I said this. Like I said I've got no ill intent towards you. I feel no hostility towards you personally though I've probably made it seem so. I just feel very strongly about my beliefs as I'm sure you do.
Submitted by griercamille on July 5, 2007 - 7:50pm.
I think you should strieve for peace and not civil unrest.Civil unrest result in many innocent people being hurt as that which occured in the world trade center.
Find somethng positive to dwell on.Blaming America for every problem in the world is irratic. America has saved the lives of millions of people and of course some have been lost but as you so aptly described there is an inborn desire to fight for what is believed to be right but this should not been done with little groups within a large body that reprsent the minority view as this will destabilize the government and the economy which will lead to lost jobs, unsafe conditions on the steeth.Take a look at what is happening in Irac I am sure you dont want to not be able to go out for a sunday afternoon icecream. To not be able to go for a stroll without fear of being shot.You need to go to the library and look up American History so that you can have a better understanding of your own country.Being told what to beleive by unred people will not educate you on the truth.Your country have made spome mistakes but the good outway the bad by far,just like the human charater we have some good and some bad in us.If you wish i could go into American history and enlighten you on the truth but I would rather you read and find out for your self.Please start with the pilgrims and why they came to America. This is my final response.Good luck wish you alll the best,peace,love and happiness. cammie
The Hemp that the government forbids them to grow was what they farmed and it created a great income for them. They do not want to start big business and corporations on their reservations to the best of my knowledge. They want to hold on to their traditions and avoid becoming the people who forced them onto the reservations. If they create big businesses and corporations on their land where will they live? The reservations I've seen and heard of don't have enough room for more than dwellings. And it costs money to start businesses elsewhere. I'd like to see the bank willing to give a poverty ridden Native American tribe a loan.
I do know a lot about what the Americans did to the African Americans. I took African American history classes in High School. I also know Irish, British, Scandinavian and Asian history quite extensively. I'm a history buff. People who study history have an insight into the future and believe me there will be civil unrest in America very soon regardless of what anyone does. This is just the way these things work. America is at a point in its young history where change needs to be made and the way it's changing isn't pleasing the majority of the population. Thus, civil unrest. Maybe not full blown civil war but most definitely unrest.
We do need to try to all live together peacefully but human nature does not allow this. It is human nature to divide ourselves, to wage war on one another and - yes - enact terrorism against each other. It's a part of our genetic code that goes all the way back to the Chimpanzee. If you didn't already know we share 98% DNA with Chimpanzees and there's been an alarming amount of resemblance between our social behavior and their's. The most notable being terrorism. Of course now I've gone off on a tangent. I tend to do that.
The point I think I'm trying to make is that there really isn't much that can be done when these things happen that won't create a chain of unwanted consequences. No one will be able to convince the government to do anything in favor of anyone they've harmed. I don't see them apologizing to the Japanese Americans for what was done to them during the War. I certainly haven't heard them apologize to the Chinese or the Irish. We could all get together and try to come up with a way to help the Native Americans but it would be difficult to find enough people who cared. You'd find yourself in a room with Native Americans, Hippies, Open-minded concerned people, and people who can relate to their plight. But there would be no big wigs. There would be no one who could really make a difference. It would be the powerless who feel or have felt the same oppression and governments don't see fit to cater to those they oppress.