06-23-2015, 08:32 PM
Actually JB, a large percentage of the youth I worked with back in the 80's, were from the prevalent Sioux Indian Reservations....and thus, I know a little bit about what they are pissed about. There is Crazy Horse monument (in progress) close to Hill City and Custer, S.D., and several Indian museums around the Black Hills. They felt pride mostly from my observations in this small, but relevant, group of Sioux Indians. Our American Indian population wasn't limited to the Sioux Nation, however. I think they are more pissed about land being taken away from them many moons ago....Each enrolled member of the tribes receive monies from U.S. Gov't because of this. What that created was a group of dependent souls who then quit working (no incentive), drank too much. The reservations are pitiful and reek of poverty. If you want to see what poverty looks like, visit an Indian reservation. There are no liquor stores (or was not back when I worked there), but you don't have to go far to find liquor stores. Most of our Indian students suffered from alcoholism (not a stereotype) and very challenging because they all (mostly) returned to that environment.