That is part of what is being done there now. Oh, no, I finished a second year and moved on to teach on the Wind RIver Reservation in Wyoming. This article began with a post I was sharing...showing a business success on this reservation. I showed an article on how VISTAS found a way to assist the Ute and Navajo children in San Juan County with sales of home made candy over the Internet. The success was so surprising that the parents are now involved.
That is what we do there...we need to first begin with education. A person who can not read or spell can not access the Internet, and this is one major way to find a market for their products. I set up a business council to help Ute adults with assistance with business decisions. Here is an example of past Ute business dealings. An old woman asked me to give her a ride 25 miles to pick willow shoots to weave a basket (really a large plate) as she was too old to walk. THe next few days I saw her walking through the reservation picking plants. For the next week she bioled down those plants to make dye to color the willow. Then, she wove the most beatiful basket in reds blues greens and yellows. It took her 3 weeks to finish it. SHe came into the Education Center and was so proud to tell me "I sild my basket for $400!" I thought, well that is good, it will go a long way. A few weeks later I was in locan 'Indian Crafts' shop in the town south of the reservation, Her basket was hanging on the wall with a price tag of $2600 on it. THAT is their experiences. We helped them find markets for their work that is better than $2.50 an hour for their labor. ps...I would not care who paid the $700 a month or where it came from, believe me. On 6/26/06, kiddleddee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John, I assume, given your concern, that you are still on the > reservation doing your $700 a month Vista job (paid by the government > with money stolen from other citizens at gunpoint, by the way). > > Actually, I happen to agree with you that the government should honor > its treaty obligations to native Americans - or renegotiate them. It > would probably be better to renegotiate them in favor of some sort of > capitalist solution. > > > --- In [email protected] <Libertarian%40yahoogroups.com>, "John > Stroebel" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ah....so let them die. That about right Mark? > > > > And the reason is....ending the agreements with this reservation > will do > > what...cause the prosperity of this county to increase? > > > > Perhaps Mark you might tell me how. You seem to be an expert of > sorts. Would > > you be so kind as to spell out for me what we can expect to see, in > some > > order of progression, in way of improvements in San Juan County. > > > > Then perhaps you can tell me what your expertise is. Are you an > economist? A > > sociologist? An anthropologist. Maybe you can show me some kind of > date, in > > way of study, that will show how this has been tested in a real > situation. > > > > Then, Mark, you can perhaps explain how we should handle the > starvation of > > 500 people, especially the children. Can you do that? > > > > Have you ever seen people who live on less than 2500 caleries a day > Mark? > > Have you ever worked with them? Have you ever worked with children > with > > rickets, or anemia, or no teeth? Have you ever shared your lunch > with > > children in situations like this? > > > > Have you ever walked into a home and seen dog being served...and > people > > happy to have meat for a change? > > > > See Mark, your pat and packaged ideas on how to deal with human > beings who > > do not have enough to eat or means to earn a living is much > too....clinical > > for me. It seems have shades of cynicism. But them, maybe you are an > > expert...maybe you have done some studies on genocide for the good > of the > > economy. Have you? > > > > Now before you cry out about a word or two you take to heart, > remember to > > answer the questions. Tell me how the deaths by starvation and > disease of > > 500 or so Native Americans who live in the least densely populated > and > > poorest county in the USA will help us right now to become more > prosperous. > > I'll pass on your remarkable discovery to the people of San Juan > County > > Utah. See, they have been looking for a way out of the poverty > there for a > > long long time. > > > > Then tell me what you will do after you end this situation. Save > more money > > on body armour because that is like a handout too? > > > > > > On 6/26/06, mark robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > John, > > > > > > If welfare causes poverty, and stopping it reduces poverty, then > > > my answer will not cause more starvation or death than your > > > answer. To the contrary; stopping welfare (we can call it "aid" > > > if you like) increases health and prosperity. As you well know, I > > > did not miss your statements; no wealth, no industry, no > > > opportunity, and low education are all hallmarks of the welfare > > > state. > > > > > > -Mark > > > > > > > > > ************ > > > {American jurors have complete Constitutional authority to vote > > > "not guilty" based on nothing more than a disagreement with the > > > case, no matter the evidence - despite the judge's instructions. > > > There is absolutely no obligation to vote "guilty" to arrive at a > > > unanimous verdict. Get on a jury, stand your ground, and fulfill > > > its other main purpose: to counteract abusive government and > > > unjust lawsuits. > > > See www.fija.org > > > [Please adopt this as your own signature.] } > > > > > > ----------------- > > > > > > Ah. So we leave good people to starve, so that capitolism can > > > thrive. I see. > > > > > > Perhaps you missed my statement that this is THE poorest AND > > > least densely > > > populated county in the USA. There IS no industry no work, no > > > opportunity > > > and the education system has failed these people. The 9 year > > > drought has > > > made cattle ranching almost impossible, too. > > > The only natural resource to speak of are the uranium mines that > > > were closed > > > in the 60's/ > > > > > > So tell me Mark, how do you justify leaving people to die when > > > they were > > > guaranteed food medical care and education? You DO know that the > > > nations are > > > sovereign, right? That these agreements amount to international > > > treaties > > > with the one stipulation that they follow Federal law and that is > > > enforced > > > by the BIA and FBI? > > > > > > So Mark, are your theories more important than international > > > treaties and > > > the lives of people who gave up everything through coercion? > > > > > > Explain to me, please, the logic of that, and how the deaths of > > > these people > > > fit into the chain of priorities. I am curious what is more > > > important than > > > keeping our treaties to people who have no opportunity or > > > resources. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ***************************************** > > "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang > > separately!" ...Ben Franklin > > > > ****************************************** > > Are YOU Preparing For The November '06 Elections NOW??? > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > -- ******************************************************************* "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately!" ...Ben Franklin ******************************************************************* Are YOU Preparing For The November '06 Elections NOW??? ******************************************************************* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Save-The-USA/ It is time to do something about all this! ******************************************************************* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! 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