Sioux-cia

I saw the piece but I'm not a lawyer nor have I stayed at a Holiday Express recently, Was there anything on the video that could get the guy into some sort of legal trouble?

Regardless of who the featured singer at the Ralph is, I always sing the National Anthem, so do the season ticket holders to my left. There is nothing stopping anyone from joining in. It does get a bit hard when someone like a barber shop quartet or the Sweet Adelaides sing but it's doable.

I recommend electric shock for NDSU students/graduates. NDSU dropouts, I consider cured.

I have questions..... Never mind.

Why are some internet sites blocked on the SL reservation? I have it on good authority that the tribe has asked the internet service that provides internet access to the tribe to block specific sites. If true, that smacks of censorship.

You heard wrong!!!! Cougars prefer being attacked as opposed to doing the attacking. We're old and need to conserve our energy .

Because we don't want sit next to the riff raff!! Why do you care anyway? You don't go to the Ralph.

This past Christmas season I was working on a Sioux reservation. The tribal council voted themselves a $500. bonus, each, at the same time a woman was going to strangers' homes begging for food. This was relayed to me by a tribal member who knew the woman. She told me that the council was only taking care of themselves and not the people who were hungry and had no where to live. There are homeless, hungry people all across America and that is our shame. But, I do not accept that there is no abuse of power and resources on reservations when members tell me there are. As I stated in my previous post if even one tenth of that website is true that too is shameful. Even moreso because it's being allowed to continue. One of the members of this board was a friend of the murdered man. According to that member, the website is right on.

I would like your avatar to not keep reminding me of a scrotum! Gawd, I've been in health care far too long!!!!

So why aren't there any MDs, engineers, etc. who are enrolled members of the SLT? Why is there a higher than average high school drop out rate on SLT. Why aren't the majority of enrolled members not raising their children to reach for the sky? Why is there silence/acceptance of abuse of power and resources by the SLT government officials? Is your answer, 'the Fighting Sioux name and logo'? I do know NAs who are doctors, lawyers, teachers, accountants who don't live on reservations. Their reasoning is they want a better life for themselves and their children. My family left their ancesteral home for the same reasons. Their response to racism? Raising us to be over achievers, to be successful in our lives and communities to reach for the sky and beyond. Yeah, I know that sounds hokey, but, its true!

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I refer to myself as Sioux-cia. Some think it's sioux-CIA. But, it's not. I pronounce it sucia. My little joke with a spanish word. My avatar is 'Goon Squad'. I think of a hockey 'goon' as a fighter who sticks up for his teammates, someone when knocked down gets up again, a blue collar type hard worker, someone with loyalty for his own. I have also had a Cougar avatar for awhile because of a friendship I have with a younger member on this board. I've had other avatars as the mood strikes me. It's all in fun. But, you go ahead and use it as an excuse to not respond to my post. That's your right. You make asumptions about me based on something as trivial as an avatar while I'll make observations about the affects of the Fighting Sioux name and logo on reservation life based on my own experiences on a Sioux reservation. I'll also make my own opinions on racism's cause and affect on my life as a minority from my own life experiences not those that someone else tells me I should believe or accept. Oh yeah, racism is alive and well in America. You can fight it by raising your children to believe there is NO ONE better then they are because of the color of their skin, you can fight it through education, through example-living a drug free/alcohol free/violence free life. You can demand accountability from your tribal council and by doing so, provide your tribe with ALL the resources available to them, not just those not stolen by those in charge. I was sent a link to a website created by a SL tribal member. The things posted there, if even one tenth true, are shameful even more so because tribal members do nothing about the abuse of power by tribal officials. Don't blame a name and logo for the problems of Native Americans, blame your own 'officials'. I can point to 'cause and affect' created by tribal councils' abuse of power on reservations. I doubt you can point to 'cause and affect' by a name and logo.

Here we go again! One speaking for all tribal members and one alluding to 'experiences in GF and UND'. So, pray, tell, what happened to you in GF and at UND as a direct result of the Fighting Sioux name and logo??

That could very well be! Why haven't the tribes with casinos used some of their money to fight the name and logo? Probably the same reason they don't share it with the tribal membership! Greed!! So why aren't the reservations full of doctors, lawyers, etc. BECAUSE they go to UND to get an education and can't stomach going back to the rez to live. They don't want their children exposed to corruption of casino funds, apathy, 'poor me' attitudes, low high school graduation rates, higher than normal alcohol and drug abuse, tribal council dictatorship, misapropriation of government funds, domestic abuse, gangs, etc. Yes, those things happen all over the U.S. but living on a reservation makes it more difficult to protect your family from them. How many doctors, lawyers, etc have gone back to the rez to make life better for those those still living there? I'm willing to bet that the number that run the other way is larger than the ones that go back. Oh sure, you hear them talking about working for a better life for those let behind but how much can you do living off the rez? That said, it's disgusting that three individuls are getting away with these 'hate crimes'. AND, yes, that is what they are. Threats, verbal abuse, brandishing a gun (I couldn't tell the difference between a pellet gun and one that shoots bullets), etc. are crimes!! I'm ashamed that the university isn't being more pro-active. The fact that the victim and not the abusers had to leave his home is unbelievable!!

It's ok to play another countries national athem during an international event but to play it because we have Canadians on the team? No.

After reading his posts, I believe it would take 50K, minimum, to get him laid!

"P" *Sorry I couldn't resist.*

Nope, it does not. IMHO, only a national championship warrents a ring. That's the way it has always been and that's the way it will always be. So there!

So SIOUX_YEAH_YEAH doesn't get upset, Do you think your father and brother in law will decide to leave the Goofs and join the Sioux?

Mixed marriage, huh? How's that working out for ya?

School gets the trophy, players get a ring. That's how it's always been. I know, I'm old.

A few Christmas' ago, a friend of my nephews went to my sister's house for Xmas Eve grazin'. He took his jacket off and, lo and behold, he was wearing a blue Cubs sweatshirt. In less time than it took him to take his jacket off, my three nephews stripped him of his sweatshirt and t- shirt and promptly threw him into a snow drift. They didn't let him in for the LONGEST time! Once inside, he was made to wear his sweatshirt inside out. I was surprised they didn't make his burn it!

The 'hood favorite of course.