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Post by Vicky on Oct 10, 2008 13:20:31 GMT -5
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Post by hermin1 on Oct 12, 2008 16:29:49 GMT -5
hIP hIP hOORAY!!!! cONGRATS A PLENTY TO YOU VICKY FOR YOUR EFFORTS. IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO LOAD, ASIT IS IN A pdf FILE, BUT IT IS WELL WORTH THE WAIT.
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Post by Vicky on Oct 14, 2008 13:24:09 GMT -5
SDSU notified me this morning that the remainder of the book is now posted. Yea!
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Post by hermin1 on Oct 14, 2008 14:33:04 GMT -5
hot digidy dog!!! By golly,Ms Molly, you deserve a big pat on the back, and abig panof baklava for seeing this through. Yassoo Kookla!!
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Post by Curtis Kitto "MIKE" on Oct 14, 2008 20:32:27 GMT -5
Great Job, Vicky!!!
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Post by Vicky on Oct 14, 2008 21:16:07 GMT -5
Aw shucks, I didn't do anything. Thanks to Dr. VanBuren who got this done! And thanks to you Mr. Kitto for offering to help post it if we had done it ourselves. What a big heart you have! :-)
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Post by sisco on Oct 15, 2008 14:05:38 GMT -5
will we be able to print this book?
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Post by Vicky on Oct 15, 2008 14:20:05 GMT -5
Hi, sisco! Yes, it is a PDF. Either click on the little printer icon near the top of the page, or go up to "file" then click on "print".
If you were asking about the copyright issues- yes, we can print it out for our own use. We cannot, however, print the book and sell it, nor can we post it elsewhere.
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Post by sisco on Oct 19, 2008 2:43:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, it is hard for me to read on pc so I print and then use my magnify glass. Thanks Vicky, have a Happy Spook Day.
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Post by hermin1 on Oct 19, 2008 10:06:00 GMT -5
will we be able to print this book? You bet your sweet boopie you will. You will need to click on each chapter and download separately to pring out. each partof the th book is in a PDF file. make surey ou have enough paper and ink .
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Post by DawnDay on Oct 20, 2008 5:56:04 GMT -5
VICKY,
I FOR ONE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TROUBLE YOU WENT THROUGH TO GET THIS BOOK ON OYATE.
I STARTED READING IT FOR THE PURE HISTORY OF THE LAKOTA PEOPLE, I WAS HOPING TO READ A MORE FLATTERING PICTURE OF OUR DESCENDANTS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY AS I READ ON WE HAVE BEEN A VICTIMS OF OUR OWN SELVES AS WELL AS THE WHITE MAN BRINGING US ALCOHOL TO DRINK. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DRINK IT, BUT I GUESS WE LIKE TO BE IN A ALCOHOL OR DRUG STUPOR. I WAS HOPING TO FIND OUT WHY? WE AS A RACE FIND IT THE ONLY ANSWER TO LIVING. READING LAC QUI PARLE BOOK, AND FINDING OUT WE WERE THIEVES AND UNTRUSTWORTHY AS A WHOLE HURTS MY HEART AND VERY SOUL.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WOULD VISIT MY FATHER ADOLPH DAY AT FT. THOMPSON FOR THE SUMMERS, AND WE WOULD GO INTO CHAMBERLAIN OR RAPID CITY, I REMEMBER THE STORE CLERKS WOULD FOLLOW US AROUND LIKE WE WERE GOING TO STEAL SOMETHING. OF COURSE MY FATHER BOUGHT ME ANYTHING I WANTED. BUT I REMEMBER THE FEELING I GOT FROM THE WHITE STORE CLERKS WHEN WE WOULD GO INTO THEIR STORES.
I VOWED AS I GREW UP, TO REPRESENT MY PEOPLE OF THE LAKOTA NATION, I WOULD OUT DRESS OUT TALK AND OUT CLASS ANYONE WHO MIGHT WANT TO MAKE ME FEEL INFERIOR. BECAUSE I STARTED OUT LIKE ALOT OF US BY DRINKING AND RAISING H%#L, MY SISTER AND BROTHER AND I WERE HAVING FUN. UNTIL I GOT A GOOD LOOK AT MYSELF, AND AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE I STOPPED DRINKING AND SMOKING. AND SELF EDUCATED MYSELF TO BE HEAD BOOKKEEPER AND AN ACCOUNTANT AT THE NEWSPAPER AND FOR SEVERAL BIG COMPANIES. AND I DARED ANY ONE TO LOOK DOWN ON ME. BUT IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK ON MY PART. AS A FEW YEARS BEFORE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT A WOMAN WHO WAS ORIGINALLY FROM NO. DAKOTA AND AS WHITE AS YOU COULD POSSIBLY BE, SAW I WAS FROM SO.DAKOTA. AND IMMEDIATELY HER TONE CHANGED WHEN I KNOW SHE REALIZED I WAS AMER. INDIAN. I COULD FEEL IT, AND I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW SHE MADE ME FEEL. AGAIN I WAS THAT LITTLE GIRL WITH THAT FEELING INFERIORITY. I SAW RED WHEN I LEFT, I WAS NOT CALLED BACK FOR A SECOND INTERVIEW. BUT SHE DID ME A FAVOR, BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER LET ANYONE MAKE ME FEEL LIKE THAT AGAIN.
I STRIVE WHEN I AM OUT IN PUBLIC, TO DRESS WITH TASTE AND CLASS. AND CARRY MYSELF WITH DIGNITY, AND ANY CHANCE I GET TO LET PEOPLE KNOW I AM AN AMERICAN INDIAN FROM THE DAKOTAS I NEVER LET PASS. THAT IS HOW I REPRESENT OUR RACE, AND I HATE WHEN I HEAR SOMEONE ON THE MOVIES OR TV SAY ANOTHER DRUNKEN INDIAN. WHY CAN'T WE BECOME THE PROUD PEOPLE WE ONCE WERE.
I KNOW OUR FAULTS, I KNOW WE HAVE PETTY JEALOUSIES, AND WE SEEM TO HATE TO SEE SOMEONE DO BETTER THAN OURSELVES. AND WE TEND TO WANT TO PULL THEM BACK WITH US. PLEASE DO NOT GET MAD AT MY WORDS, PLEASE TAKE THEM INTO CONSIDERATION. WE CAN CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. AND NOT BE CONSIDERED A RACE WITH OUR HAND OUT STRETCHED, FOR SOMEONE TO GIVE US SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T WORKED FOR.
YOU CAN THINK WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS, SHE DOESN'T EVEN LIVE ON THE RESERVATION. OR YOU TOO CAN THINK ABOUT HOW THE WHITE PEOPLE SEE US. AND TRY TO CHANGE HOW THEY THINK OF US. I WOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO STAND UP TO ANY MAN OR WOMAN, AS MY OWN FIGURE OF AN AMERICAN INDIAN PERSON ON MY OWN, AND DARE ANYONE TO LOOK DOWN ON ME.
SORRY, ITS BEEN ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS I COULD NOT SLEEP, ESPECIALLY AFTER READING LAC QUI PARLE BOOK. I FELT A NEED TO EXPRESS MYSELF TO MY PEOPLE AS A WHOLE.
GOD PLEASE HELP US, I KNOW WERE NOT ALL IN NEED. BUT A BIG PART OF US IS. I'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING IS TRUE.
DAWNDAY
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Post by Vicky on Oct 20, 2008 8:59:00 GMT -5
I am sad that you felt so bad after reading this book. Most of us here are aware that many of the historical books such as this were written a long time ago by white folks. Much of Dr. Parker's info was copied word for word from texts which were written well over 100 years ago. Those of us at Oyate know to pluck out the historical information we find useful and ignore the BS. I would suggest in the future that you try to do the same. You'll certainly sleep better.
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Post by DawnDay on Oct 20, 2008 15:29:09 GMT -5
VICKY,
I DIDN'T FEEL BAD FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR ALL OF US AS A PEOPLE, YOU CANNOT READ IT WITHOUT REALIZING HOW WE ARE, AND WISHING IT WOULD OR COULD CHANGE.
I'M NOT IN THIS GENEALOGY TO PUT MY NAME ON ANY CLAIM FOR JUST MONEY. I WAS HOPING THAT IF ONE PERSON COULD READ IT AND SEE THAT CHANGE CAN HAPPEN FOR THE BETTER IN THEIR LIVES, SHOULD THEY RECEIVE ANY FUNDS. AND USE THE MONEY TO HELP THEMSELVES NOT DRINK IT AWAY. THAT IS ALL MY INPUT WAS MEAN'T FOR, NOT TO CALL NAMES AT ANYONE.
I JUST HAPPEN TO CARE, PROBABLY MORE THAN I SHOULD. I SHOULD PUT MY HEAD BACK IN THE SAND AND QUIETLY GO AWAY. BUT THEN, THAT IS NOT ME.
DAWNDAY
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