This now minority of the USA, like other minorities continue to live no where close to that of what their white counterparts. Yes there are successes among any minority but when one looks at the whole they can not possibly deny that their is a problem.
Minority, RIGHT, I hate to break it to you, but in about 5 years, at least where I live, they're going to be the Majority due to their exploitation of the welfare system and child farming.
Ignorant of one as I said I can only speak for the area that surrounds me, HOWEVER if I can make ends meet at 7 bucks Canadian an hour and still manage to pull enough together to own my own house I can't see why these blighters are in such a bad way!
That is SIGNIFICANTLY below the poverty line, you know what my staple food is? KD, instant noodles, and if I'm lucky I can grab a bag of mixed veggies, however I am working on it and am actually trying to make something of myself rather than whine about how little I get.
If you don't like the locale or living conditions of the area MOVE, for crissakes man, the African American population got handed a broom handle up their ass for several decades, but look now, they're an integral part of society.
Meanwhile the Indians in hermitage constantly complain, and get handed billions of dollars that the working class has to shovel out of their pockets to support them while they can be gracefully found practicing one of the more common activities in downtown Winnipeg (although they are not the only ones who do this, it's a staggering amount that are compared to the Caucasian variety), that's right folks, the honorable tradition of panhandling. On top of the treaty money they get, the welfare children that come about (once again this isn't solely the activity of natives however it is once again a staggering comparison against their Caucasian counterparts) they have the gall to ask for more because the welfare check didn't cover their gallant lifestyles of Native American Traditionalists.
Stop me if I'm going to fast for you, maybe it's hard to see them as anything but the wounded deer, but when you live with this propaganda shoved in your face for decades now while living in squalor compared to those gits you might have an inkling of why I'm sick of them getting paid to sit on their arses!
As for the Skokomish indians, They live in trailers correct, move on then if the local does not support their livelihood, it's not such a strange concept, people do it all the time, get a job, pull your weight, and surprisingly enough people will hire you if you try and actually work.
I hate to sound cold about this but it's a fact of life, if you cannot support yourself don't expect others to willingly help, move off the reserves if they cannot support you, live like the rest of us poor slobs rather than get special treatment because you're born different.
You're welcome for the insulting words, would you like some more?
As for being void of civilization, a lode of bullocks, if they can speak, they can find a job, you'd be surprised how low the standards are for most manu jobs, as for being a minority, I must beg to differ, every corner I turn, everywhere I look, I see plenty of them.
Wikipedia:
The largest ethnic group is English (20.2%), followed by French (15.8%), Scottish (14.0%), Irish (12.9%), German (9.3%), Italian (4.3%), Chinese (3.7%), Ukrainian (3.6%), and First Nations (3.4%); 40% of respondents identified their ethnicity as "Canadian." Canada's aboriginal population is growing almost twice as fast as the Canadian average. In 2001, 13.4% of the population belonged to non-aboriginal visible minorities.
Gives you a bit of a clue as to how much of a 'minority' they really are, at this rate not only does it speak volumes about their reproduction rate, but also about what'll be happening in about 5-10 years, they aren't vanishing anymore, and if they keep growing at their current rate we will not be able to support them anymore if they stay jobless.
If they do not move on to their own feet soon odds are it will be cut out from under them, not by my hand, but by the simple fact that if we do not our entire economy will crash and burn because of it.
The plight of the American Indians is not of their own doing. Even were that to be the case we should not abide by them attempting to tackle their challenge alone. That is not what the United States of America is about. We help our brothers and our neighbors, no matter the color of their skin, their religious or political views.
You have got to be kidding me, American history is littered with hate crimes and religious tailorings that rival the English!
Here's a few:
Salem witch hunts
KKK
Slavery
Sundown Town
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundown_town
Sexism
...
Just to name a few.
We are all mortal, so why should I pay tithes to the Natives for a crime I am not accused of, why do they get paid for being just as mortal as I am?