tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post4540449580365087121..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Any change since Dances with Wolves?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-75960889101400572222011-01-08T23:01:46.347-08:002011-01-08T23:01:46.347-08:00Yes it is true that money rules a capitalist natio...Yes it is true that money rules a capitalist nation, but if one really looks at "whom" holds the money and "where" it always seems to end up, you can see that just because one has a job; pays taxes and plays by the rules, that does not necessarily give voice to real change and progress in that taxpayers community.<br /><br />There is a concerted effort by Congress and states to KEEP natives and minorities at bay, but hasn't that always been the game? <br /><br />Depending on where your American heart leads you, in my opinion, slavery still exists. It has only shifted towards the tax base of the working class Americans that send their young and spouses to foreign soil for the enrichment and prosperity of CEOs that are untouchable yet pull the strings of the economy; politics; media; etc,.<br /><br />Dances With Wolves was a repeat of the shallow, but honest attempt to pull natives into the spotlight, but keep their welfare and social status behind leathers and feathers. Hollywood and certain tribes have a historic love affair. The Souix (A Man Called Horse), Cheyenne (Windwalker), Apaches (take your pick), and everyones oldie but goodie the Cherokees have had their cultures and peoples splashed across the big screen throughout cinema history.<br /><br />What America really doesn't want to know, see or hear, are the real stories about Ira Hayes; Jim Thorpe; Geronimo; Sitting Bull, (and more recently, Jesse Ed Davis, whom for some reason never gets mentioned or credited on albums he played on) and how much damage their prospective tribes went through so George W's family could land him in the Whitehouse and keep the frat boys across America drunk and high.<br /><br />I was also not very impressed with Costners follow-up attempt entitled, "500 Nations" that actually dealt with only a handful of "nations" and besides "Dances With Wolves" characters Kickingbird and Ten Bears were Kiowa and Comanche men.Burtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-25427421750225336142011-01-08T12:57:27.032-08:002011-01-08T12:57:27.032-08:00"If anything has advanced Indians, it's p..."If anything has advanced Indians, it's probably the economic and political clout that came with gaming revenues. Tribes with successful casinos are doing notably better than they were 20 years ago. "Money talks" in America; we respect people with cash."<br /><br />Bingo. [No pun intended.]<br /><br />You nailed it. The only thing that matters in this country is money. We live in a plutocracy. Those that have, work to keep it. The rest of us squabble like a pack of dogs over the leavings.Mamalaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02239511661947502942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-64321702419524934252011-01-08T09:46:35.825-08:002011-01-08T09:46:35.825-08:00I don't know if anyone really thought 9/11 mad...I don't know if anyone really thought 9/11 made it okay to discriminate against Indians, just returned it to the chorus of "quit your bitching". Which, of course, is the standard right-wing response to everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com