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1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 13:24:13 EST kaniini

   I love when people whose avatars basically demonstrate that they are definitely not indigenous try to explain to me that I, as an indigenous person have no clue what I am talking about, especially when correcting their vitriolic and absurd messages because they're actually harmful to the cause.

   1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 13:34:04 EST kaniini

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      If you read what those "white guilt" people have to say, then you would assume that indigenous people have special needs and need coddling.

      That indigenous people lack access to education (no more than white people), that indigenous people lack the ability to make money (again: no more than white people).

      It is important to note that the people who stay on the reservation and try to preserve the historical ways are doing so by choice, and mostly could leave at any time. In fact, many youth who grow up on the various reservations do in fact wind up moving to the city.

      1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 13:44:35 EST kaniini

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         I wonder what the "white guilt" crowd makes of Allergan trying to rent sovereign immunity protection for their patents.