tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post6400637522470076803..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Some Indians oppose Iroquois stanceRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-61817562202144602432010-07-23T12:30:29.128-07:002010-07-23T12:30:29.128-07:00You did not use food as an analogy for people thin...You did not use food as an analogy for people thinking all natives are the same you said Navajos or Diné are crass and claim they invented frybread where is the analogy for racism there besides pointing out you do not like Navajos?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-86992790331139936082010-07-23T09:35:00.693-07:002010-07-23T09:35:00.693-07:00Exactly my point Anonymous!
What does it matter t...Exactly my point Anonymous!<br /><br />What does it matter that white America sees ALL tribes as the same just as most natives see Germans and Jews as the same?<br /><br />Truth in fact, they are not, right?<br /><br />I used FOOD as an analogy to explain how tribes and regions vary across this nation.<br /><br />You have a very small and limited mindset.Chief Diet Cokenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-73560041774215135392010-07-22T16:11:46.732-07:002010-07-22T16:11:46.732-07:00What does that have to do with regional names of f...What does that have to do with regional names of foods? I'm pretty sure white people in the four corners area don't make frybread stick with the question I asked of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-34794249593521125242010-07-22T09:56:57.188-07:002010-07-22T09:56:57.188-07:00No Anomymous, I know this hurts your mind to grasp...No Anomymous, I know this hurts your mind to grasp and it is possible you may never understand, but the Navajo Taco comment I made was a form of sarcasm in stating that and READ CAREFULLY and SLOWLY:<br /><br />Navajos are not the only tribe that makes frybread topped with taco beef, beans and salad, hence, Indian tacos. <br /><br />My point was that "Michael Smith, a Navajo living on the Southwestern reservation, said it's important to note that the Iroquois live in the U.S. on land he and his father fought to protect as Marines."<br /><br />I took offense because I am a full blooded native veteran that supports the Iroquois' decision in asserting "sovereignty". In this so-called land of the free and home of the brave, most American entrepreneurs got their start by simply having the balls to step up and open up a lemonade stand with failure or success, that is how most non-Natives got "their American Dream", so to speak, but Indians are not given that "freedom" and are over-regulated and are overtaxed!<br /><br />Indians use of Sovereignty with regards to land rights, tribal businesses and use of tribal (IDs) identity on both individual and tribal/nation levels has always been a deeply touchy and sensitive issue for the white community,<br />as gaming has proved. <br /><br />Non-native big business and all levels of governments, ie., local, county, state and federal are threatened because <br />Natives asserting basic rights and prospering economically has always ran against white privilege. This historical envy has always been directed towards African Americans, Asians, Latinos and specifically, Native Americans, why do you think they created a Bureau of Indian Affairs? To actually HELP Indians, don't be so stupid. Even some Indians believe this still!<br /><br />Your response of, "Chief white guy offending natives<br />I'm pretty sure they're called Navajo tacos in the four corners area because thats what they are in that area." is simply a reactionary and Eurocentric method of response and typical of most. It is a shortsighted and pre-mature thought process too easy to formulate. Do some real thinking buddy!<br /><br />If you are native, you need to educate yourself on native issues and respond intelligently, otherwise, you have been successfully assimilated into the American melting pot as a whiteman.<br /><br />If you are not native, there are plenty of other conservative websites to ventilate your ignorance.Chief Anti-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-61780536280864210802010-07-20T18:46:49.914-07:002010-07-20T18:46:49.914-07:00Chief white guy offending natives
I'm pretty s...Chief white guy offending natives<br />I'm pretty sure they're called Navajo tacos in the four corners area because thats what they are in that area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-11431345385788651282010-07-20T11:54:20.025-07:002010-07-20T11:54:20.025-07:00Yes DMARKS, "There is an Easter Bunny!"
...Yes DMARKS, "There is an Easter Bunny!"<br /><br />Wow DMarks, you really don't get out much, do you?<br /><br />You have never heard that many Native American tribes consider(ed) both Jews and Germans; Irish and English; French and Italian; Hutu and Tutsi; Cherokee and Choctaw, to be the same people?<br /><br />Did you also know that there is a big difference between reservation and non-reservation natives?<br /><br />Did you know that tribes are divided by language, region, spirituality and cultures as well?<br /><br />Did you know that the conflict arising from said Serbs and Croatian peoples, all Slavians by region, was mainly religious and political?<br /><br />Need I go on?<br /><br />Just remember this, I never used the word, "subgroups", you did that!<br /><br />And since you obviously never been around alot of Navajos lately, most Navajos consider themselves a race by themselves. Just ask their neighbors, the Hopi, Jicarilla Apaches and all seven Ute bands.<br /><br />You'll find this "employment of broad negative stereotypes/slurs against other sub-groups" with African Americans, Asians, Europeans and yes, American Indians too!<br /><br />Cheyennes, Souix, Comanches, etc., have all been known to treat their fellow natives as "subgroups"!Chief Diet Cokenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-84492527332017314522010-07-19T20:09:42.466-07:002010-07-19T20:09:42.466-07:00"Only a Navajo would say something as crass a..."Only a Navajo would say something as crass and belittling as that."<br /><br />Whites (a la Serbs vs Croatians) are apparently not the only people who employ broad negative stereotypes/slurs against other sub-groups of the same "race".dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-85502524821696456062010-07-19T09:58:10.166-07:002010-07-19T09:58:10.166-07:00Only a Navajo would say something as crass and bel...Only a Navajo would say something as crass and belittling as that. Once again we have the ugly face of the everlasting largest tribe in its usual ethnocentric supremist tunnel thought that, "we Navajos are the only Indians that were Marines, codetalkers and inventers of frybread", rhetoric that has every whiteman and trailerpark in the fourcorners area brainwashed into calling it NAVAJO TACOS, what a "national" joke.<br /><br />The Iroquois has had a longer history in dealing with the crown and sovereignty while the largest SW Tribe was still one larger Athabascan people "un-confederated" and unorganized only to be divided by the US Army and currently sells their minerals and labor at the behest of corporate America and at the cost of thier collective physical health.<br /><br />I support the Iroquois in all their efforts of sovereignty rights. In Oklahoma, the police still racially profile Natives with tribal tags and most banks, businesses and even many government agencies, state especially, will not honor tribal photo IDs, unless they find your dead body or arrest you for some reason, only then is your tribal ID "honored".<br /><br />I cannot help but believe that the US Government is the reason these athletes are getting refused. <br /><br />This is a time when racism and division shows its ugly head. Instead of being supportive and standing by one another for the greater cause, Natives suddenly become "Americanized" and join the status quo!<br /><br />No offense to my good 'Dineh bros and sisters, and you know who you are!Chief Diet Cokenoreply@blogger.com