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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic
Agreed. It sounded like Bruce was saying that they should just assimilate just because everyone else does. It is not a bad thing at all if some Native Americans want to whole heartedly maintain their culture that was practiced for generations before the settlers. By just saying "yeah, whatever they got their assked kicked" then it shows total intolerance and ignorance to their culture.
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Can you point to where that "quotation" came from? It wasn't me.
Define culture, what do you think is incorporated in "their culture".
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Everyone has a right to maintain their way of life as it seems fit. We shouldn't judge them if they want to be traditional and unincorporated into US lifestyle.
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Fine, they can live any way they want. But if they piss and moan that the feds should support them because they can't hunt and gather anymore, that doesn't cut it. They don't have to live in a split level rancher and have two SUVs in the driveway. They can live in a tipi, wigwam, wickiup, hogan, double wide or palace, that's their business. They don't have to give up their way of worshiping or their crafts and traditions. But they DO have to find a way to support and feed their families. I would assume most of them do that. Usually that means working for a living outside, but what ever works for them. I'd hardly call the assimilating.
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The Yanomami is a first-contact Native American tribe in the Amazon that refuses to live like normal Brazilians. We shouldn't make them assimulate just because we tell them to.
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Who said they did? As long as they have the means to continue their lifestyle, why can't they? The rub comes when they start killing off their neighbors to maintain that lifestyle. If that happens, you can be sure they will get their ass kicked in short order, because the government can't tolerate that. It's eventually going to come down to who owns the land and I'm pretty sure the government thinks they do.