This is so sad

@rebelann (111236)
El Paso, Texas
June 17, 2019 12:54pm CST
So very sad. The internet shines a lot of emphasis on the horrors bestowed upon Jewish people during WWII hoping to remind us that we shouldn't do that again but it does no good. No governing agency lifts a finger to protect the rights of the indigenous peoples of the USA and Canada .... is it because they are not Jews? The media gives indigenous peoples and their plight a nod now and then but that isn't enough. They have precious little left of their culture let alone their lands and sacred burial grounds. There must be something more people would be willing to do to help. I am of meager means so my way of helping is spreading the word about their plight. Please, won't you help me spread the word?
https://www.gwichyaazhee.us/?fbclid=IwAR03O7rx-bOIHniBlxnVfDtypbalYTm5UquTjeGRJl8vLQ-eEmpMnkD8qks
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• United States
17 Jun 19
we fight here jest'n new mexico to protect sacred lands from oil/minin' companies. such's not 'lways successful 's greed tends to take o'er :( ya 'lso need to see the corruption side 'f the native 'merican government. there's been embezzlement 'n fraud 't all levels. no diff'rent'n what we 'xperience from all levels 'f government 's non-natives.
https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/fy2019nativeamericancrosscut.pdf
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Jun 19
Not very explicit as to what they're talking about. I'm not a member of a native american tribe but I do know that a lot of native americans on reservations live in severe poverty.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
18 Jun 19
Are those funds allocated only to reservations @crazyhorseladycx ? I honestly couldn't make head nor tales outta that report.
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• United States
17 Jun 19
@rebelann such link jest shows the funds 'n where such's 'pposed to go fer 2019. there's many'n poverty. low job skills, lil knowledge 'f their native ways, loads born to addicts'n sufferin' from that, etc. 'tis most 'ndeed not correct. but, the people 'lso need to view the 'pportunities they've got 'n grow 'pon that.
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@LadyDuck (458730)
• Switzerland
18 Jun 19
May be that the media in your country never mention the Native American, because they do here when we talk about the populations who have been exterminated.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
18 Jun 19
All the media here is interested in is making money, that is why they edit videos so that they can sensationalize something trivial.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Jun 19
Yes, I believe you are correct @LadyDuck most seem to concentrate on problems other countries have.
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@LadyDuck (458730)
• Switzerland
19 Jun 19
@rebelann I am sure that "Native American" problem is something that is not well accepted to be discussed by most in your country.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
20 Jun 19
I don't see how we are ignoring their plight ? Don't they have temples and such here? I thought we are allies with Isreal so I guess I am not understanding what you saying.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
21 Jun 19
@rebelann ? No I thought you was talking about the jewish people. sorry. my bad. have to read it again I guess
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Jun 19
Ok, that makes more sense @bunnybon7 Jewish people are not Native to the US, they immigrated like all the rest of the Europeans.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Jun 19
Temples? I've never known Native Americans to build temples
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
21 Jun 19
I see now. Oh yeas I been talking about this for years.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
24 Jun 19
@rebelann that's true I know a souix family that moved near a reservation of that tribe so they could get help. that was yrs. ago and we often traded or paid them for government cheese and commodities cause they got so much and couldn't use it all and needed other things with it. we all heled each other. It was great. she was my best friend for 12 yrs then they moved back to North Dakota and we lost touch some how
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
25 Jun 19
That's the problem @bunnybon7 the Native American issues seem to focus on the Navajo when they aren't the only tribe that requires help.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
24 Jun 19
From the way I understand it the Navajo tribe, probably the largest tribe in our nation, gets most of the bennies from the government. It just seems so discriminatory that the smaller reservations don't get as much help and they're the ones who need it most.
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@DianneN (247103)
• United States
17 Jun 19
It's a sad situation for many. I blame the media and more so, our government.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Jun 19
Yes it is and so do I. It's time they reword the 1st amendment, the media must be held accountable for telling half truths and editing videos to show only their own view points.
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@DianneN (247103)
• United States
17 Jun 19
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
17 Jun 19
The media is just crazy these days on that they choose to report.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Jun 19
They sure are plus they edit all those videos so that people will only see their point of view.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Jun 19
It's a crying shame @CarolDM
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
17 Jun 19
@rebelann Yes they do. You cannot believe what they say or write.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
21 Jun 19
Posted this to facebook. I so wish that sustainable energies would take over the oil/gas monopoly.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Jun 19
So do I. Last year some joker called me about solar panels and I was all for it .... then he asked if I had a single or 2 story and I said I had a mobile home, he coughed and said they don't have a plan for anyone in a mobile home. What the hell is wrong with our country?? I can't be the only one in a mobile home that would love to get solar panels.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
18 Jun 19
It isn't just native lands that are lost to the need for energy. If people want to save the land they need to cut down their use of fossil fuel and no one wants to do that. Well Yes AOC would ground all planes, trains and cars. I don't know about you, but where I live I would have to walk 5 miles to get groceries, we have no public transportation out here. So until they come up with an electric car that I can afford and that goes farther than 100 miles, I have to use gasoline. I heat my home with fuel oil which most people do around here, I live too far out to have natural gas and electric is too expensive. We have created a society that is dependent on oil so until that changes, nothing will change. Just my opinion.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
18 Jun 19
I have an all electric mobile home, I'd never even heard of using oil to heat a home until I read these responses ..... I would think that because I live in the desert there is no real need to heat our homes for that long, mostly we are concerned about A/C to beat the heat in spring and summer.
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@just4him (306725)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Jun 19
It's sad to see this happening.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Jun 19
It's also embarrassing after all the native peoples have been through over the past 400 years or so.
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@JudyEv (326100)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jun 19
It can be really hard to get information out to the public, particularly if certain parties don't want the info to go out.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Jun 19
So very true. It's a real shame though.
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17 Jun 19
Very well said. It is really sad all that their people and their culture as been through. It's no wonder they do not trust other people and are striving hard to keep their culture alive in their family and community.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Jun 19
I am praying it will work but they lose ground each day until one day our government will be responsible for genocide.
@ScotMac (1335)
• Edinburgh, Scotland
20 Jun 19
The spoils go to the victor - and no-one helps the defeated! Sad, but true.
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@rebelann (111236)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Jun 19
Sadly that is so very true.