• thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 months ago

    One of my grandmothers told me that if you know how you came from her, even if you only have a drop of her blood left in you

    You are Lakota.

    I think that applies for all the Native People of the Americas.

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      6 months ago

      I’m part Cherokee and part Chocktaw. The first book I read was a survival manual, at age 5. I’m soon to be 42, not like it matters.

      I hope that Cherokee, Chocktaw, Lakota, and other tribes of Native Americans can generally agree these days, the government is fucked up…

      • Denvil
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        6 months ago

        I’m pretty sure most people other than those in government or corporations can agree the government is fucked up

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          6 months ago

          Indeed, the government is fucked up towards way more groups than that.

          I’m not even a tribe member, from my understanding of my family heritage, I’m only about 23% Native American, which doesn’t qualify me to live on a reservation.

          But I have enough Native American in my blood to be interested and keep up with matters that affect Native Americans, of any tribe.

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            6 months ago

            I hear ya. I have family that has blood and could take advantage of it but they don’t.

            I don’t even think of it as a one group vs another. It’s fucked up in many ways for many people. There plenty of fuckary spread around.