tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post1460344393415181851..comments2023-11-02T04:47:57.375-05:00Comments on Giraffe Dreams: Thoughts From My HeartCarol E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02741550863747328734noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-27553670771523614732012-03-18T22:50:54.167-05:002012-03-18T22:50:54.167-05:00Very interesting post. I too have seen the discri...Very interesting post. I too have seen the discrimination against the native peoples of this country. And in a number of states, mostly in the west. The poverty on the reservations is so sad to see. I have hope for the future that programs like you're involved in will help heal this problem. I commend you for your work.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498453213057487052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-51445900542295396222012-03-18T12:11:33.907-05:002012-03-18T12:11:33.907-05:00Nice post... You know much more than I do...I am l...Nice post... You know much more than I do...I am learning tho. Interestingly Lydia and I were talking yesterday about her future...her most immediate goals are to work for someplace like Tree of Life..she was so taken by Rosebud last summer...it warms my heart but also makes me shudder as a mom...and I know I need to let her do what she needs and wants to do... I will look into that series...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346233465756948090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-14922430119250447142012-03-18T11:49:35.218-05:002012-03-18T11:49:35.218-05:00Carol,
Don't know what the story is with the e...Carol,<br />Don't know what the story is with the email. I just checked my setting again and they are OK. It should work. But the other works too!Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-30308804471898100682012-03-18T09:23:49.620-05:002012-03-18T09:23:49.620-05:00And Sextant, thanks again for your thoughtful resp...And Sextant, thanks again for your thoughtful response as well. (Readers: I usually respond to him at another site as his email is a no-reply one.)Carol E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02741550863747328734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-47282014289404392592012-03-18T09:22:33.104-05:002012-03-18T09:22:33.104-05:00Oh, that is so interesting to hear your Alaskan ex...Oh, that is so interesting to hear your Alaskan experience!Thanks for sharing. Yes, it is similar at Rosebud, with deep poverty and hopelessness.. yet some people excell. I try to keep my heart on the hopeful side of things. Thanks for writing.Carol E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02741550863747328734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-9430347842969810672012-03-18T09:12:22.675-05:002012-03-18T09:12:22.675-05:00Much to think about, of course! Having grown up in...Much to think about, of course! Having grown up in Southeast Alaska, I saw an incredible poverty level as well as one of great discrimination among aimed at the general Tlingit and Haida populations. In my memory, orphanages were known as intensely Christian and aimed at primarily conversion and reformation of native belief systems from a natural, world view to a Christ centered one which Michele Bilyeuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15979296861999606692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-11486900048459187552012-03-18T08:09:02.506-05:002012-03-18T08:09:02.506-05:00During the second World War, my father was on a tr...During the second World War, my father was on a troop train that went through Minnesota. They stopped in a town somewhere along the way and had some time on their hands. My father and his buddies found a bar and it had a sign on the door:<br /><br />"No Fins or Indians Allowed"<br /><br />We don't have a strong native American presence in our area, having performed our theft 50 toSextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.com