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All too many fall into the 'Well, it's there anyway so I might as well take advantage' group. Or the 'gimme gimme gimme' group.

Or the 'All white people are racist pigs so I'm getting what I deserve' group. Lot of those out there, too.

True enough, but look what that has wrought. Most resevations today are stricken with the full range of modern social ills [all of which seem to be most abundant where socialistic government programs are aimed]. The few who bring themselves up from there by honest means are considered (by popular culture) to be aberrant when they should be considered heroic.

In the face of the ample perverse incentives of our popular culture, it is fair to expect that you will be able to find plenty of people who succomb.

The reality is that most American Indians are very patriotic [note that in my family we have always put "American" first]. You wouldn't believe that if you relied on the "facts" offered by academicians.