Comments on: Sitting Bull surrenders http://newmexiken.com/2009/07/sitting-bull-surrenders-2/ Half Wisdom • Half Whimsy • Half Wit Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:35:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Debby http://newmexiken.com/2009/07/sitting-bull-surrenders-2/#comment-17417 Debby Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:16:42 +0000 http://newmexiken.com/?p=16901#comment-17417 From what I've seen of the Lakota Nation (after living next door and interacting with many of its people), most of them are still waiting for an answer to Crow Foot's question as to how he is [they are] going to make a living. There's a grim state of extreme poverty and chronic hopelessness looming heavily in the Heartland of America. It brings great shame to our nation that we took so much from them, and we gave so little of value in return. It's been 128 years, and still we deny them the quality of life we stole away. (Yes, some manage to rise above it, but I believe they are in the minority.) From what I’ve seen of the Lakota Nation (after living next door and interacting with many of its people), most of them are still waiting for an answer to Crow Foot’s question as to how he is [they are] going to make a living.

There’s a grim state of extreme poverty and chronic hopelessness looming heavily in the Heartland of America. It brings great shame to our nation that we took so much from them, and we gave so little of value in return. It’s been 128 years, and still we deny them the quality of life we stole away. (Yes, some manage to rise above it, but I believe they are in the minority.)

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