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" we Indians ARE victims of the intentional abuse & a pattern of criminal behavior by the federal government for over 250 years. NOTHING will change that fact EXCEPT changes "of the heart" & in the government/BIA. nothing you can say trumps that one ESSENTIAL TRUTH. and YES we have the MORAL high ground."

Correction: you Indians were victims. It has taken a while & no doubt some distance still needs to be traveled but from what I see, y'all coming around quite nicely. Political power, a voice in how things are done, and a strong self-reliant spirit appears to be re-emerging after the long dark road the "evil" white-europeans started you on. It is nice to see Indians adopting Western values such as the Rule of Law & a Christian God while still remembering their history, ancestors, accomplishments & heritage. That, my friend, is where the moral high ground is. The high ground must be attained by your virtue. Not by proclamation of another's guilt.

"also, as i've said before if it was YOUR family that was slaughtered, you'd feel differently. it is HARD/impossible to be "intellectual" when it is your own flesh & blood AND when "the powerful" either DENIES the TRUTH or continues to believe that it was the VICTIM's fault."

FYI: My family was slaughtered. Although in a different place & time. For reasons that repeat through the centuries of mankind's existence. I have thanked God that somewhere back there enough survived to finally bring me into existence. I thank Him for my life. All your people, who were slaughtered, robbed, raped and everything else under the sun served a purpose for God, but only He knows what that purpose was/is. You're here aren't you? That's also God's purpose.

And one more thing...
You continue to give "the powerful" a whole lot of power over yourself by continuing to look to them for redress of THIER sins. They've given you nothing but heartache & rage all your life but you still look to them for some sort of apology that will allow you to forgive them? You have them right where they want you...

sorry, but 99% of Indians have little or no political power in ANY state. (not even in OK).

frankly, the government doesn't care about the needs of Indians & never will because there are FEW of us & most are INVISIBLE to the elites.

Pine Ridge Reservation (SD) has had several Indians starve to death this year & several die of freezing because they had no money to heat their house, ONLY because there was no work to be had, no money for food & no money for fuel.

what little assistance to the "poorest of the poor" has come from (mostly) other Indians through organizations like RUNNING BRAVE & THE AMERICAN INDIAN EMERGENCY FUND.

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