Patriot, they are walking and talking contradictions, they claim diversity while destroying diversity.
I know, I know. Diversity of skin color but not diversity of thought. Since you're Lakota I bet you see this mind game being played on some of the less informed people around you.
Being in the construction industry it's more common than not to be working with Navajo on some jobs which I kind of enjoy but occasionally I run into a fellow who just doesn't know much.
One guy I was working with was riding in the company vehicle to a job site and complained of having a headache. I responded that I had some aspirin with me. Truly, I hate seeing a guy have to go to work feeling like crap and it's not safe or productive either. The best worker is happy, healthy and comfortable. So much easier to get along with when the other guy is in a good mood, right?
He turns to me and says, "I don't take White Man's medicine". My eyes bug out and I have to close my mouth in surprise. The sheer silliness of this remark astounded me. First off, he's riding in a Chevrolet van made by a manufacturer that was founded by white people. It's burning gasoline developed by white people and pumped out of the ground by white people. The construction job was at a mining project for Rare Earth Metals used to manufacture cell phones and electronics that make white people rich.
Last part, aspirin comes from a tree that Native South Americans had already been using as medicine. All white people did was identify the tree and the compound the tree produced that had the benefit. So much for his anti white ideas but why burst his bubble as he welds next to me using a process invented by white people?
Some of the Navajo's were a heck of a lot of fun with their sense of humor. On one job a redneck was mocking a Navajo welder telling him to do a rain dance and calling him Chief. The Navajo guy unzips his pants and tells the redneck he's about to make it rain on him. LOL. On another more technical welding job we had a few cool Navajo welder ladies. One fermenter tank the ladies took over to work on they were forced to put up a large sheet of material all around the legs so it looked a bit like a Navajo dwelling if you gave it much thought. The ladies spray painted on the side an advertisement about Mutton and Frybread. Owners came through and demanded they cover up the sign as it was provocative and racist. LOL. Maybe they didn't realize it was the girls that put up the sign themselves?
Patriot, nobody is immune to this no matter the color. just like greed and evil. The thing to remember is not to fall for it. The old ones used to only trust the Medicine Man. People find it hard to try the new. Like if the family Doctor retires, the next Doctor is really going to get seriously looked at. LOL
I had to laugh about the Fry Bread. Love Fry Bread. Tried to cook it myself once, so bad even the dog looked at me and I could see the don't look at me. LOL
I still use the old school cures, like Slippery Elm Bark. used it on wounds and such. and a sore throat in the past. read and decide.
https://www.top10homeremedies.com/kitchen-ingredients/10-amazing-health-benefits-slippery-elm.html
The Only thing I do not trust is Big Pharma . LOL , no money in cures.
I remember Slippery Elm. I used to sneak into the cupboard just to have a pinch. And Great Grandma somehow got Horehound Candy. I was always glad to visit Great Grandma even though she sort of scared me by clacking her false teeth as a joke. Just be patient and she will give you a lozenge of Horehound Candy.
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