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Obama Pledges To Help Native Americans: 'You Will Not Be Forgotten'
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dcnow/2009/11/obama-pledges-help-to-native-americans.html ^ | November 05th 2009

Posted on 11/05/2009 9:53:23 AM PST by Steelfish

Edited on 11/05/2009 10:41:08 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Obama Pledges To Help Native Americans: 'You Will Not Be Forgotten'

President Obama told Native American tribal leaders this morning that they had a friend in the White House who would work to ensure that the federal government would now meet their needs.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: native
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1 posted on 11/05/2009 9:53:25 AM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

No Victim Group Left Un-Pimped.


2 posted on 11/05/2009 9:54:06 AM PST by the invisib1e hand (Fight for it or lose it.)
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To: Steelfish

Bailout the indians?? They’re pretty much a welfare case and we’ve been bailing them out for years.


3 posted on 11/05/2009 9:55:37 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Steelfish

More free booze and give them more permits for casinos in exchange for Democrat party donations.


4 posted on 11/05/2009 9:58:30 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Steelfish

I am part native-American.

I have spent time on a reservation amidst hopeless drug/alcohol addictions and third rate veterinary care, oops I meant Obama-style government health care.

Obama’s recession is a profound economic depression on the reservations.


5 posted on 11/05/2009 9:58:56 AM PST by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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Obama acknowledged that the federal government had a history of making promises to Native Americans then failing to fulfill its word.

What year are we in? 1890?

6 posted on 11/05/2009 9:59:24 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: Steelfish

Anyone born in this country is a native American. Meet our needs BO!


7 posted on 11/05/2009 9:59:44 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: Steelfish

Forgot our troops, didn’t he!


8 posted on 11/05/2009 9:59:49 AM PST by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: Steelfish

Translation: America sucks. But I’m here to make good.


9 posted on 11/05/2009 9:59:55 AM PST by nhwingut (The media's love affair with Obama reminds me of a dog humping a telephone pole.)
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To: Steelfish
>“We’re not going to go through the motions and pay tribute to each other, then furl up the flags and go our separate ways,” Obama said.

Isn't that ideally what they are supposed to want?

To be left alone?

10 posted on 11/05/2009 10:00:00 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Gay marriage has now lost in every state _31 in all_ in which it has been put to a popular vote.)
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President Obama hosted a major gathering of the American Indian Nation. The President spoke for almost an hour on his future plans for increasing every Native American’s present standard of living. He referred to his career as a U.S. Senator, how he had said “YES” for every Indian issue that came to his desk for approval. Although Obama was vague on the details of his plan, he seemed most enthusiastic about his future ideas for helping his “red sisters and brothers”.

At the conclusion of his speech, the Tribes presented the President with a plaque inscribed with his new Indian name -”Walking Eagle”. The proud President then departed in his motorcade, waving to the crowds. A news reporter later inquired to the groups chiefs of how they came to select of the new name given to the President.
They explained that “Walking Eagle” is a name given to a bird so full of sh#t it can no longer fly!


11 posted on 11/05/2009 10:00:19 AM PST by USAF70 (America is not 'governed' by the President or Congress. America is governed by the U.S.Constitution.)
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To: Steelfish

All hail the great Chief Walking Eagle.


12 posted on 11/05/2009 10:00:27 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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What a load of BS! The native Americans are just migrated Europeans, just like the rest of us! Actually they are migrated Eurasians who crossed a frozen Bering Strait and squatted on the land also.

My children are half native American and in no way feel victiized by anybody because they were taught REAL history and not the socialized version being pimped in public schools today playing blame and victimization games with the heads of our children.


13 posted on 11/05/2009 10:01:17 AM PST by RowdyFFC (The opinion of a wise Welshtino woman...)
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To: USAF70

Beat me by 8 seconds!


14 posted on 11/05/2009 10:02:04 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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To: Steelfish

Gee, the federal gubbermint has done such a wonderful job of “taking care of their needs” in the past...

Government dependency is a deadly addiction.


15 posted on 11/05/2009 10:02:16 AM PST by MortMan (Stubbing one's toes is a valid (if painful) way of locating furniture in the dark.)
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16 posted on 11/05/2009 10:02:46 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Conservatives didn't send a message to Republicans in NY-23 -The GOP sent a message to conservatives)
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17 posted on 11/05/2009 10:04:32 AM PST by ansel12 (Scozzafava/Romney 2012)
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18 posted on 11/05/2009 10:04:45 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Conservatives didn't send a message to Republicans in NY-23 -The GOP sent a message to conservatives)
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To: Steelfish

Anyone born in the USA is a native ....


19 posted on 11/05/2009 10:04:49 AM PST by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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Then he congratulated them on their assistance with the environment by never coming up with the wheel. And he praised their endangered species work preserving headlice.


20 posted on 11/05/2009 10:06:07 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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