Hi Judy,

I am so glad you enjoyed the Northern Lights.  I hope you like this as well.

Hugs,
Myrna

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Hi Myrna,

Keep up the great work you are doing with your forum.  I wish you the best in the voting process for the BFA for September.  It's obvious you have worked hard on your forum, & I enjoyed coming here and catching up with everything that's been posted.

 
Take care & blessings to you,

Cheryl

Hi Cheryl,

Thank you so much for coming by again I am so glad you enjoy this forum, please keep coming back.

THE GREAT AMERICAN INDIAN TRAGEDY.

While Native American Indian heritage is rich in tradition and culture, many Native American tribal members living on Indian reservations are struggling with a different legacy.  More than 300,000 Native Americans are either homeless or living in life-threatening conditions. American Indians are faced with a suicide rate double that of all other nonwhites, and higher levels of school dropouts, alcoholism and unemployment (e.g. 45% average, with 82% on the Rosebud Reservation). Because many Native American reservations are located in isolated areas, much of the housing on Indian reservations lack electricity and running water.

With the reported success of Indian gaming, it might be hard to believe that nearly 50% of all American Indian families currently live below the poverty line. Native Indian tribes are individual sovereign nations and have always been responsible for the needs of their people, regardless of tribal income. There are 562 federally recognized Indian tribes, and only about half operate any type of gaming business. It is just a handful of the smaller Indian tribes, like the 50-member Cabazon, and non-Indian investors, that have become the wealthy "headline making" exceptions. (Other tribes, such as the 250,000-member Navajo Nation, are not involved in gaming.)

Native American Indians are a proud and capable people. They are searching for ways to face the challenges of maintaining their native culture, while overcoming years of poverty.   The Lakota Indians believe "Mitakuye Oyasin," or "We are all related." 




Blessings,
Myrna

Hi Myrna,

Found something interesting and useful, sent by American Native Ancestors over their channed :

 

READ MORE HERE

Have an awesom weekend !

Love,

Branka

PS  Being always in rush and pretty physically tired, I usually  forget SPELL CHECK option :) . Sorry for the errors.