I think that if the house was intentionally set on fire, or the dad caused the fire, then its not an accident.

Prarie I guess I don't see it as you do.  I think most of us care about kids no matter if they are Native or not.   Kids are precious.

Thanks Marilyn..i know you didnt mean to offend me n i had to re-read a few things..I was really crabby this morning n i was readin the comments from last nite..got my brain a Spinnin! Alots got my mind spinning i guess..n I just read it as..people pointin out just the deaths of children by native american women..and as far as baby moses in Mandaree..i grew up with the woman, she stayed in my home when we were growing up.  I havent talked to her since before she was arrested.  That totally shocked me. 

I read the court proceedings for the damien breding case.. that was scary. I didnt know the parents or the kid. Its already been that long? There was another one where the kid killed his parents and his sister i think i cant remember the exact details..that was down by bismarck.

Care, check out the Easter Morning Fire in Burk County 1991 , the burning deaths of twin 6-year-old girls on Easter Morning Sunday.  The kid was a babysiter for 6 years for the family and convicted of 2 murders and 1 attempted murder.  The father was at the bar all night but everyone testified he was not drunk, although he testified wakeing up on the floor and a fire next to him, and was a smoker and has had many fires before and many fires since to add to his history a little.  The mother was shacked up in a motel room with her boyfriend in a nearby town.  But the kid was convicted on the idea that the family owed him 12 dollars.  

His case was appealed (before the arrests of court and law officials) but the verdict stood with one judge making the comment he had grave feeling about this whole case.  Mr Breding has never asked for another trial, as far as I know.  He  is 3 years short of serving his life sentence and has never admited to the crime or asked for parole, and is exemplified as a model prisoner. 

It was odd to me he was even convicted but I know the territory, the untrue rumors started before the trial, there was no way this guy was going to get a fair trial in the same county,  and after the judge's comment and after the officials were arrested I started having 2nd thoughts on this whole thing and  this man's innocense. 

I have known the father of the girls since highschool and to the truth,  I know of his fires before and after and I have never seen him not drunk.

I have not found any history on the fires although all fires are public in the courts ?  The fire dept had to rescue him from his burning vehicle he passed out in.  I know this to be true but still no record.  He spent time in Minnesota; however where there is a record of a fire in an apt building where he had started the mattress on fire.  He was also the first wittness at a vhecle turn over where he attemped to get the man out of the vehicle but it caught fire and the man died.  This all makes me think?  Can the state take a 14 year old and be wrong about all of this?  

1. She may have been FROM the reservation but she certainly wasnt on it when that baby was killed.  True she was in UTTC - - a college for native americans, but that is OFF the reservation. As far as wanting to "KILL the reservation or KILL the natives because oh we F'ed up their lives... WTF is wrong with you guys??  Im sure, if one of us said that, You'd be jumpin down our throats.

I know one of the schools has gone DOWNHILL big time...guess what?? The principal and superintendent are both WHITE.  They have no clue what they are doing ... They have absolutely no training in ETHICS, morality, or a damn care in the world.

As far as our president "ruining the native lives"???? Puhleeze, its been existence long before he ever came into office. The only thing he did was mention that he wanted more for the native americans..which was something unheard of from the other presidents. They didnt even care wth was going on.

Where is this "free money" us native americans are supposedly getting every month that you talk about?? I dont get it. My kids dont get it. My parents dont get it. My husband doesnt get it and he is enrolled in a different rez. Unfortunately I have to work just as hard as you do to live. I dont get assistance. As far as "health", they dont always pay like they are supposed to when they say they will.  I have a $10000 bill right now.

Before you start tellin us what you think should be done on the reservations, Move there for a bout a year, work with the tribe for a year.  Im sure you will find alot more frustration, not from you but from other natives who actually have pride and not getting the help that we really need.  There are people out there who are tryin their DAMNEDest to make the rez life nicer...but there are politics out there just like off the rez...probly worse. 

Marilyn, and how many other races did you "book in"?? I am pretty sure it wasnt just natives in the area you live in. And I am sure there were plenty of other families with domestic violence in their homes, not just the native american homes. 

And if I am Not mistaken, the other baby death that just happened This month, was by a White Male. If I recall, there was one in Wahpeton that involved a native american baby but the person who killed him was a White male.  So in all fairness, I think that people in general need help..not just the native americans. 

When I read stories like that it breaks my heart, and I cannot stop thinking of it.  It does me no good to read it, my mind is already too full of crap thats happened to little ones.

I just can't.           I do believe those innocents are now in Heaven, in a much better place.   But they should have been taken care of here and loved.

Since it bothered you Care, I have decided not to go read it.  I am sure it must be horrible.

Try this link:

 http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_dca63dcc-bfe6-11de-abed-001cc4c03286.html

Just guessing it would have to be a gradulal process.  Education is key and a change in policy from the top down.  We all know self esteem changes people.  The Native American population seems to be a beaten down people.  Somehow, they need to be taught to love life enough to live it for themselves with a positive attitude.  Just adding more money to the situation is not always the answer.  Educating leaders to lead with an idea of self reliance is the answer.  How to do it?  I do know this sad situation did not happen in a year and it won't be fixed in a year. 

I think the first step might be to make the reservation subject to the same rules and laws as the rest of the country.