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Posted by prairie fire on Nov 19 2009 9:08AM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa
besides we never OWNED this land..as good decent indians as we are,,, the God told us to CARE for it..use it as only we can..Not with GREED for rape.
not like the Great white mans wayz...  I'd rather me be a transient with my buffalo lodge to set up wheere ever I want to.. even in this rich fancy guys yard..LOL..
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Posted by prairie fire on Nov 19 2009 9:06AM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa
selbybeaver or wuttever?  You made no sense!...are you indian? or scandinavian? Reply...


Posted by prairie fire on Nov 19 2009 9:04AM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa
hey alumni!  go grab one them skins by the hair n make em leern..see how far you get... IF the kids want to learn?then they can stay at home and pik up the old ways and start helping granma and granpa..hidatsa?arikara?whutever the lingo..we all speak it regaurdless.  so you non indians who got kids going to the ress skools,stop biotching!  if you dont like it? send them off to an all white skool!..theres plenty of fake whites out here who would Gladly leern the indians talk juss so they could go an exploit us!!! Reply...


Posted by sweekes on Nov 18 2009 10:49AM
In Article: Let's Utilize this HUGE building..Home Depot
What should have been done is that they should have made that the new indoor aquatic center.  That way after paying the 19 million dollars for the building over 25 years they would have at least owned it.  Here is another question.  Why since the BLAST program is short on space.  Why don't they (the Bismarck park board) purchase the Old Cedric Theel building and convert that so they have more room.  Or convert it into a indoor skate park/roller rink.  A place for teens to go and hang out during the winter months.  Since you know we have summer around here for so long. Reply...


Posted by Ms M on Nov 17 2009 11:53AM
In Article: Let's Utilize this HUGE building..Home Depot

I THINK AND INDOOR ACTIVITY CENTER WITH A SKATIUM,  GAMES, RACE TRACK, INDOOR GOLF, POOL, MORE KID- FAMILY  THINGS TO DO.. MAYBE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE OR A PLACE  TO GO BESIDES THE MALL FOR THE YOUNG ONES , THEY WOULDN'T BE SO BORED AND SOME WOULDN'T FIND THEMSELFS IN TROUBLE.... COLORADO SPRINGS  HAS A NICE ONE.....KIDS AND ADULTS  LOVE IT....THE SOMETHING TO DO ON WEEKENDS.....

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Posted by prairie fire on Nov 17 2009 9:05AM
In Article: Bismarck Police department
BIzzmark poepo  doe noe crap///... they always arrest brownskins..LOL..I watched two cops way back inthe day in front of the bismarck motel on main there withsticks and beat a indian drunk guy just becos he bumpt into the glass doors.they beat him stupid and then took his bloody butt to jail.. Never heard from the guy again..all the crimminals are indians..yups. Reply...


Posted by russiaamerica on Nov 17 2009 4:47AM
In Article: Turn the Clocks Back and Calendar Forward
Time really is fast moving. It rapidly changes everything and it forces the people to move faster. Much faster than the financial regulation that is being passed in the Senate and much more faster than the country's recovery from recession.
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Posted by flapps on Nov 16 2009 5:28PM
In Article: Let's Utilize this HUGE building..Home Depot
How about an indoor pistol range? Reply...


Posted by kx viewer on Nov 16 2009 6:41AM
In Article: Bismarck Police department

What do you mean police cant solve crime ?  What are they here for ?  I know we were paying some of them too much but what do you mean they cannot solve crime ?


We only have a few murders in this lil shyt hole, and they cant solve them ?


I suddenly feel so unsafe , like i havent felt that before in the last 30 years.  I keep my guns loaded and I live in Minot. and have for over 30 years and more than willing to use them . 


 Just for shytes and giggles I drive down broadway with a cigarette and I blow the smoke out the window just hoping my habit affects YOU .  I know its illegal but I have my rights to.  Just remember that !


If you live in minot you really should have a way of self protection.


You are not american if you are not armed to the teeth.  I mean how long do you need to live here to know that?   


 


Missing 1 Rhino fishing rod I used in a radio isotope experiment that still omits radiation and attracts lightning out of blue skys. 1 Kodak 35 mm camera w/suggestive pictures,  w/case. 1 Weber BBQ grill,  1 wallet w/license, credit card, 500 dollars in cash taken out of my back pocket at some gay bar with a rocking horse by gun point. 


JUST EXACTLY WHAT DO YOU MEAN POLICE CANT SOLVE CRIME?


They are working on it let them finish the jelly filled pastry first   


 

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Posted by Sick~O King on Nov 15 2009 11:08PM
In Article: Bismarck Police department
You know it is kinda weird that the Police Department in Minot seems more inept in Minot. It could be just an off perception but Minot did have a run of bad luck.

Fargo had a bunch of drownings in the Red (2004/05) that seemed awfully close together and under odd circumstances, but they were all accidental. Does that mean a murderer no not nessicarily coincidence can be a weird thing. Then again some times there are no coincidences. Reply...


Posted by Yoda am I on Nov 6 2009 5:02PM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa

Why do we keep bringing up the racial issue.  This is a problem with the school and it's lack of options, not some issue over who was here first.  Stick to the topic, please!


But since you bring it up, I have often wondered how people feel about this. 


Say you own a plot of land, you are down on your luck so you decide to sell the plot to Mr. John Doe.  Mr. Doe brings cash and it is considered paid in full.  - - - - - - -20 years go by - - - - - - - - Land values go up with time and you regret selling your land.  Can you go and track down Mr. Doe and try to get more money for the land you sold to him all those years ago?  No, you can't.


Even better say you were the person buying the land, how would you feel if the former owner, who you have already paid, tracked you down and demanded that you pay for the land again and again? 


I know the land under the lake is getting paid for over and over, but the thing nobody talks about here, is the FACT that there was non-natives that owned land that is under the lake.  No matter if you like it or not, they paid for their land too.  It wasn't them took the Indian's land.  The government made these deals with the Indians.  A lot of times, they drew up shady deals to aquire it.  But the fact is the land was then sold to people that actually worked hard to buy it from them. These people have never had any reimbursement for their land.  Every time I hear the same old argument of how the tribes land was lost when the lake was formed, I think what about the rest of the people that had land that was flooded there.


Now I tend to avoid these arguments as I live in the heart of the reservation, but when I run into narrow minded people on either side of the argument, something needs to be said.


This post is a school issue as far as I can tell, lets keep it as that.   As long as the school is considering itself a PUBLIC school, getting tax money from the US Govt. to operate, then it would be very wrong to ask that non-natives to move away.  Are you stuck in the 50's?  Maybe you miss the days of segregation?  Until we do away with all these negative viewpoints, will we ever getting beyond the race issues. 

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Posted by shelbey.deaver09 on Nov 5 2009 10:37PM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa

you know this is bs....the native americans owned this land from the very beginning...THE VERY BEGINNING.....and the white people took over their land...if the native americans take the land back to have a reservation, they have all rights to that.....and if the white people are living there....they need to respect the fact that they are living on the reservation and if they dont like it then they can move off the reservation. most people dont see it but they owe native americans alot more than they think they do....by taking over their land they took over their culture and now the tribes have very little of their culture left and they want to value that. It is all about RESPECT for their culture....and if you dont want your child to learn this then move or change schools. and with the tax money bs...excuse you we owe it to them and you know they pay taxes too....so stfu travislee_johnson

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Posted by NT alumni on Nov 4 2009 9:28AM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa
Its not that simple to just go out and find a teacher that has a degree in a second language. The school doesnt GO OUT LOOKING for teachers either. You have to advertise, and when there is an interested teacher, they have to have creditials that meet the standards that meet what New Town is looking for. Then they have to have the right schooling, and degrees. Qualified teachers, have to go through background checks, and finger printing to make sure everything is what it should be. I think that it would be nice for students to learn a different culture than our own. I studied Hidatsa in college, and I feel better I did, now that I know more about my heritage and where I come from and my own beliefs. I studied spanish in high school, and now it comes in handy when I need it. Students that have the option to learn are very lucky. They're are so many kids in this world that wont get schooling. The students here are very lucky to have the school and teachers that are willing to teach them what they think is best for the students. Reply...


Posted by Yoda am I on Nov 3 2009 3:21PM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa

I can't speak for the original creator of this post, however, I can tell you exactly what I was told by the school superintendant. 


We have five kids total, ages 17-2.  We (Myself & my wife), thought it would be better served for our children to learn a language that they could use in a broader sense than Hidatsa.  We approached Mr. Bluestone about this, he stated that the school had wanted to teach Hidatsa to promote tradition and culture at the school.  This is fine with me, however, seeing as though we have no family attachments to the Hidatsa culture, we wished that our kids not learn this language.  Mr. Bluestone then stated that the school was making it manditory that all students take this class, and there was no way to take our kids out of the class.  He then stated that when our kids would get to the high school they would then have a choice in which classes that they take.  The school then relabeled the Hidatsa class, "Native Studies".  Our kids are still having to learn to speak Hidatsa in this class.  As I have said before, I really don't care if the school teaches Hidatsa or not, however it should be an elective.


So, in all I think that the title is fairly accurate for this post.   Our kids had no alternative to taking this class, so what would you call it.


I was born and raised in New Town, and continue to live here.  I graduated from NTHS, never learned a second language, and continued my way to a four year college.  So unless some new policies were inacted recently, you didn't need a second language.  I agree that finding adequate teachers to teach foreign languages might be a problem, but if the school district doesn't pursue getting these teachers, they aren't going to fall out of the sky.  From everything that I heard from my meeting with the school, it doesn't sound like anyone there is even trying to find a teacher for any other language.  This in it's own right is very close minded, and futher limits any options our kids have.  And the kids after all are the MOST IMPORTANT thing. 


I just don't see my kids finding any use for this language anywhere except here on the reservation.  How many people do you think speak Hidatsa in France, Germany, or even New York City?  I think it would be a better use of school funds to teach our children a more main stream second language, but that means the school would have to actually look for one of these teachers.  It shouldn't be up to the parents to go find the teachers.   I know it is possible, when I was in NTHS, they offered Spanish,French, German, and Japanese.  So don't say it isn't possible.  The school board just has to quit being so narrow minded and look to offer these options. 


 This has nothing to do with what race you are, which race I am.  THIS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE.


 

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Posted by NT alumni on Nov 3 2009 2:19PM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa

First of all, I do not like the title of the subject. No one is forcing anyone to do anything. How would I know, I work there, and I graduated from there. First thing, in order to get into a 4 year college you need a second language on your high school transcript, whether that is german, spanish, or chinese. Doesn't matter. Second, there is a shortage of teachers that can speak a second language. So if there is a teacher out there that can speak dutch or whatever the language may be, contact the superintendent, Im sure he would be glad to talk to you. So all you you think its about race or forcing children to do whatever, you are so wrong. Take a step back and look at the picture once and awhile.

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Posted by prairie fire on Oct 27 2009 10:30AM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa
If your skin brown kids go to school then THEY haVE TO know white language...how else woulkd they go? unless we have actuall teachers at home..wait! we do! they're called MOMS... DADs.. uncles aunties that all speak... there sthe talk... so go to school learn about educations.where to go in life after high school... learn and teach what your brain absorbed.use it.IF you feel like speaking your language!then do so.. this mandan hidasa n whomever ois OLDE!!!!  can we go on now? or do we drag this out to the next mellenia? Reply...


Posted by Yoda am I on Oct 27 2009 12:28AM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa
I can assure you it is happening, I live in New Town.  I have kids in this school district.   When me and my wife questioned it, we were accused of being racist.  How laughable!  I have a lot of Native American friends here.   I have been told the same thing as the original poster stated.   The reason there are no links to this is that it hasn't been in a newspaper.   Unless you actually live here, you would have no idea what happens here, would you?  Personally I wish one of the newspapers would do some research into this.  A real paper(not the tribal paper, or the New Town news), with real employees that can be objective.  While they are at it, they should look into the qualifications of some of the school employees.   Anyway, enough rambling.  Reply...


Posted by neon on Oct 26 2009 8:03PM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa
Do you know why there are no links to this story?   Because it never happened.  Wake up people. Reply...


Posted by Yoda am I on Oct 26 2009 7:27PM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa
I could have swore there are three tribes that make up the Fort Berthold Reservation?  Hidatsa, Mandan, and Arikara are all there.  I feel that if a family that isn't Hidatsa, whether it be White, Mandan, Arikara, or whatever, should be able to say no to the school teaching this language to their kids.  If the school wants to teach it, well fine.  However it should be an elective.  This post has sure went from a school issue to a racial fight.  I thought we were getting beyond all this racism issue around the reservation.  I guess there will always be some shallow minded idiots that can't see beyond the differences between all of us.  School executives shouldn't push their personal beliefs into the schools.  What's next?  What happens if a school gets a sexist person as a superintendant.  Would they force all girls to take home ec.  Or force all boys to take auto mech.  What really is the difference?  Reply...


Posted by prairie fire on Oct 26 2009 10:09AM
In Article: New Town schools forcing all kids to learn Hidatsa
enny number of us Indians here in nodak or sodak have and always HAD the right to LET our kids speak the language...HOWEVER!  too many have lost it and now the new language of the dakota nations {ALL OF THEM!}  its cald  lazy black yap!... the new indian costumes for the decade? ghetto Bling!  its the latest fashions for not want to be Indians or Identity losers! and give it ups!... theres a new tribe an it requires that you the skin be ready to drop your pants a little below the entryway there in back..seeins' how we all of a sudden want to be backdoor frds.. so the names of the new TRIBES are   lowhangs,blingettes,the Blackinjunz.,,.the Notknowhow2spells tribe is even betters..LOL... they doe know how to say gas..they say ga.... stupid azzes/... all ppl so frgn proud of their ppl BUT DONT know HOW to knock that black attitude out of their so called proud baby having lazy skirt chasing drunk dopper kids! all you ...so stop trying to act like your so proud... IF YOPU were-YOU would be advocating to MAKE your kids PROUD to be indians... not ghetto blacks gangbagers carryinbg the syphliss home.. BTW! did this room know that ONE in SIX [6] teens tested,tested possitive for sphlyss? thats really getting bad ..unfortenetly,all the hub is here in columbus. truckers transitents all them droppin off their gack here!  if you all come thru OHIO / keep on sailing! lol... theres girls here that ask you straight up... so ya! indians unite! an get rid of the blkgack.. Reply...



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