[Az-Geocaching] Navajo Nation
Bill
listserv@azgeocaching.com
Fri, 7 Feb 2003 07:24:34 -0700
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Your post does a good job of making the point that the reservation =
system is failing the people it is alleged to be trying to help. They =
must overcome high odds, get an education, and leave the reservation or =
else be caught in third world conditions making $2000 a year. The =
reservation system was adopted so many years ago out of prejudice by =
people who didn't want the Indigenous Americans living among them. It =
has served its real purpose of isolating the native population and =
preventing them from joining society at large. The reservation system =
was wrong when adopted, and is still wrong today.
Bill
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Take a good look at the abject poverty they live in and tell me they =
have a free ride. The average yearly income on the Navajo Reservation is =
$2000 a year. Yes I meant two thousand dollars per year. The average =
life expectancy for Native Americans is far lower than it is for other =
Americans. Infant mortality rates are higher... I could go on. The =
conditions they live in are like that of a third world country. As far =
as assimilation goes... My husband's family all went to college. Mike is =
a pharmacist, one brother an urban planner, another works at UMC in =
Tucson. His two surviving sisters are 1) physician's assistant and 2) a =
data management specialist with a cancer treatment center. My in laws =
are all upstanding and hardworking people who did not get a free ride. =
In fact, they all had to overcome the kind of racism that unfortunately =
many people still exhibit towards Native Americans.
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education, and leave the reservation or else be caught in third world =
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making $2000 a year. The reservation system was adopted so many =
years ago=20
out of prejudice by people who didn't want the Indigenous Americans =
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them. It has served its real purpose of isolating the native =
population=20
and preventing them from joining society at large. The reservation =
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free ride. The average yearly income on the Navajo Reservation is =
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year. Yes I meant two thousand dollars per year. The average life =
expectancy=20
for Native Americans is far lower than it is for other Americans. =
Infant=20
mortality rates are higher... I could go on. The conditions they live =
in are=20
like that of a third world country. As far as assimilation goes... My=20
husband's family all went to college. Mike is a pharmacist, one =
brother an=20
urban planner, another works at UMC in Tucson. His two surviving =
sisters are=20
1) physician's assistant and 2) a data management specialist with a =
cancer=20
treatment center. My in laws are all upstanding and hardworking people =
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