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minus-squareJustPlainDave@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoYou’re from Oklahoma and don’t know any natives? How is that even possible?
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·15 days agoThat’s rather the point. The genocide was very complete.
minus-squareJustPlainDave@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoI grew up in Oklahoma and work in Oklahoma. I know nearly as many natives as I do anyone else.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·14 days agoWhere would that be?! You near a reservation? Or are we talking about blonde-haired, blue-eyed “natives”? Because I’ve met plenty of those sorts.
minus-squareJustPlainDave@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoNE Oklahoma, near the Missouri border.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·13 days agoHuh! I’m from Tulsa and mom lived in AR, 6 miles south of the MO border. Surprising!
minus-squareJustPlainDave@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoWe have 9 tribes just here in Ottawa county. There’s nothing surprising about it.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·12 days agoAnd we have the Poarch Creek Indians here in NW Florida. I have yet to see an identifiable Indian, even at their own casino in Alabama. 1/512th Indian blood ain’t Indian.
minus-squareJustPlainDave@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoAnd? You’ve heard of the Trail of Tears and the Indian Removal Act, yes? Where do you think the end of that trail was?
You’re from Oklahoma and don’t know any natives? How is that even possible?
That’s rather the point. The genocide was very complete.
I grew up in Oklahoma and work in Oklahoma. I know nearly as many natives as I do anyone else.
Where would that be?! You near a reservation? Or are we talking about blonde-haired, blue-eyed “natives”? Because I’ve met plenty of those sorts.
NE Oklahoma, near the Missouri border.
Huh! I’m from Tulsa and mom lived in AR, 6 miles south of the MO border. Surprising!
We have 9 tribes just here in Ottawa county. There’s nothing surprising about it.
And we have the Poarch Creek Indians here in NW Florida. I have yet to see an identifiable Indian, even at their own casino in Alabama. 1/512th Indian blood ain’t Indian.
And? You’ve heard of the Trail of Tears and the Indian Removal Act, yes? Where do you think the end of that trail was?