Bismarck, North Dakota News

" BEESH=military historian, anthropologist,statesman, locator of WMD in iraq, race relations expert, and all around charming fellow. did somebody say "roughrider award?" beesh, you rock, my friend. "

" My children live off the reservation. The reservation was created by the Europeans to keep us confined. Our land has become the land of greed, laziness, and loss of respect for the elders and family. I have provided for my family as a single parent and received very limited assistance. Child support is one of the biggest issues; money should go to educate our children when they are young so they don't do drugs, parents stay home with the little ones you brought into this world. It is your responsibility to take care of them, no money can take the place of you. It is you who chose to have the little ones who soon grow up to be big ones who don't listen to you, because you weren't home to teach them and love them. No money can take that place.Our ancestors took care of their own, establish a society of people who can take action against such intruders.Become a group of caretakers of your people. "

" I think the whole issue got out of hand here and this is a mere quest for all the people in general with regards to the issue of meth use and how to apply for assistance and now some how ignorant peeps got ahold of computer and internet and spoke out of context. grow up face reality drugs are out there and its going to take all of us to defeat it be a part of the solution instead of the problem.. "

" First of all, you all need someone to pray for you. Secondly, you must understand Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 3, of our US Constitution. Third, you must also understand the complex relationship of the Federal Government, Indians, and Treaties. You must also understand Tribal Governments are less then 75 years old, and coincidentally, have taken on many of the traits and behaviors of the very organizations they were modeled after. When you begin to understand these things, and then add some meaningful insight, rather then your empty pointless babble. "

" Beesh- how 'bout for the sake of discussion, the next time Native Americans are brought up, we assume that we are talking about native inhabitants before the policy of Manifest Destiny or the Louisiana Purchase or the landing at Plymouth Rock. How about we assume that when we talk about Native Americans, we are talking about the people who your ancestors stole land from when they emmigrated from Beeshland in 1896. Why is this such a hard concept to understand? "Native Americans are no more native than you or I" is such a tired, silly statement. "

" Here we go again. Each side will call the other side ignorant, selfish and hateful, while demonstrating those same qualities themselves. Since when has name calling and accusations resolved anything? It doesn't really matter how valid or thoughtful your point is, people on both sides will use it as an excuse to spew hatred and bigotry at the other (and yes, I mean BOTH SIDES). Oh well. Let the race wars begin. "

" The US government has to change how they are continiously giving to the tribes. They are not doing them any favors by always giving them handouts. All Americans should be treated equal no matter what color their skin is. "

" beesh, you need to use another state, other than Connecticut. foxwoods casino has given the state over a billion since there inception, too bad north dakota is really backwoods, huh? "

" Tribes ask the federal government for money all the time because they do not have the localized expertise to promote a safe living environment for all the enrollees. From the Chairman/woman on down the problem is a blatant one of jealousy,control,greed,lack of shame and general apathy toward their fellow human being. So much for the "Once Proud" warriors of the prairie, in retrspect it should be "conditional beggars". When given the astronomical sums of money from the federal government to stabilize and enrich their economies, what do they do with it? They squander it on stupid junkets that lead nowhere. Don't believe me? Ask the tribes for an accounting of the last ten years of improvements made with the federal dollars and you will see absolutely nothing, you will see the dollars were spent on pure stupidity because there was never a sense of pride or dignity,or educations to back it up, it was just spend, spend,spend because the tribes main arguement is the government OWES us native people for our ancestorial homelands THEY took on their way to progressive futures while we remain stuck on these parcels of land called reservations. Get over it and quite whipping a dead horse, your buffalo are gone, you need to get back up on you own feet at any cost. Somebody coined a phrase that reads "You have to sleep in the bed you make". I am an Enrolled member of the Standing Crock See you later after I get all the money tribe. And not very proud of it!!!!!! "

" wiNNOna, relacks, its only a comment board? I two think you must half realatives on the bored since you got your educatarion payed four. Relax, girlfriend, you get too stressed, you may lose days at school that we paid for. "

" The tribes were given the opportunity to have casinos on their reservations to build their community. Then why is the US government still giving the tribes and reservations money for everything the tribes squeal about? The money has to stop or open casinos across the state. I refuse to gamble at a tribal casino as long as the tribe is asking and accepting money from the government. "

" You, and other like minded people, seriouly need to read more. Your false knowledge on contemporary and historical Indian issues is extremely nauseating. I recommend you read some Vine Deloia, Jr. Specifically "Red Earth, White Lies" and some of his other work, to help you broaden your grossly limited information concerning Indians. Come on now, know a little something before you speak or type rude, uninformed, and rather obtuse commentary. "

" I guess I don't get why we are still paying the Natives when they can live and work where ever they desire. When is it going to stop. Yes our ancestors took "their" land.....let it go, it was how many centuries ago. It is a free country now. "

" In Response to Winona, I hope you are not talking about Three Affiliated Tribes paying your way to college with Four Bears Casino money because I asked and was denied money for my education. I think this is crazy. If you are, I believe than you have relatives on the tribal council allowing this to happen for you. If you are talking about another res, I apologize. "

" The only solution is to let the natives tax on their nation. The natives get their appropriations from the Federal Government the State doesn't share their tax revenues with the tribes or help the tribes set up their own Utilities or businesses. If the tribes could charge a tax or tariff for bringing alcohol onto the reservation this could fund alcohol and drug treatment. If the tribes collected the tax for fuel this could fund elder and youth development. Ft Berthold can not go to Plaza and enforce and collect taxes for their oil. Let the tribes collect the taxes for things brought onto the reservation. The things we are already getting taxed for would make a difference if we got to keep the taxes as revenue. You want us to stop asking for money but are unwilling to let us do our own chewing. Ft Berthold Tax department? Lets get out of the IRA mentality and move into the 20th century. We go to Minot and pay taxes why not on the rez for our own revenues. "

" This is for “I see”…Well, I do know that some of the money brought in by casinos has gone to education. I myself am a benefactor as my education was funded in part by my tribe. I know how to type and spell well enough to know that "Tribune" is not spelled "Tribue" and that the word "casino" does not require capitalization unless it is used as a proper noun, as in Prairie Knights Casino or Four Bears Casino. The same thing goes with the word "reservation”. And while I am on the subject, questions should end in a question mark, not a simple period. If you want to criticize, maybe you should show some mastery of the language you use to communicate. I am a Native American and have learned the English language well. So see, someone got what they wanted. "

" To Response (deep breath, sit down all you desenters) The Kenniwick man found near Columbia Park, Kennewick, WA was dated to before the immigration of the Asian migrants. The Asian immigrants traveled from Asia up to the Bering Strait across the ice bridge to present day Alaska and down through North America to Cental and South America. The Kenniwick man remains found in Washington did not match the bone structure of the Asian immigrants. A big controversy was dredged up by the tribes to stop the archilogical dig. They wanted to stop it for the simple fact that discovery would dethrone the tribes from Native status. So in short, Response, native 'indians' are no more native that I am since we both immigrated, they shorly after the Kenniwick man, my family in 1896. Below are finding in Mexico and the article about the Kenniwick man: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2538323.stm http://www.cr.nps.gov/archeology/kennewick/c14memo.htm "

" The reservation will immediately take federal government money, but won't follow through with programs the feds want to see happen. I have to disagree with the pride of homes on the reservation. Many of those homes are vandalized and left in ruins by the inhabitants. If there is a true concern about the meth epidemic or fires, the BIA should be controlling that. You don't see Connecticut petitioning ND for drug enforcement and fire control money. The quandry here is, the 'indian' people (and I use that because that is how they are addressed in the editorial)want to be identified as self sufficient and independent of the white man's ways, yet demand more and more money. I personally am getting weary of other races blamiing my race for their shortcomings. Isn't the money lost at the casinos that should be going to that reservation enough? "

" I was just on the Standing Rock Reservation to go and take care of my family's graves out there it is absolutely a tragedy that the tribe does not allocate money to take care of these poor souls. But lets give money for the idiots who are choosing to take drugs and live a life of nothing. "

" some of you people are just sickening you people need to wake up, i feel sorry for how you and your children are raised to be so hateful. "

" What happened to all the money the Casino's where to bring in and be used on the Reservation. Why is it that there is no money from them. I know this will not get put on the site. The Tribue does not want this talked about. "

" TO: Stop asking for money... "..................WHO was here first?? Which people are called NATIVE AMERICANS ?????????? Thats what I thought......Ignorance is a problem "

" To the Tribue: When should we be "parsimonious?" It seems every organization and person don't like to chew but sure can swallow when others do the chewing. "

" Stop asking for money... "