I was not born racist
I circled the wagons 26 years ago. When I got here the res was on the east side of the Elwha River, and a handfull of working, productive indians lived west of me a mile. Since they decided they needed more land, to build homes for all the blond and red headed indians, there`s now a few hundred on the west side and I`m surrounded.
I watched as the Fed built new brick faced 2 story homes for them
I watched as the natives ripped the stair rails and cabinet doors off to burn for firewood.
I watched them net the rivers to near extinction because the fed let them.
I watched the elk and deer herds dwindle to such low numbers that the big cats started in on housecats, dogs and kids, while the natives sold the meat.
I watched the fed build a huge new clinic for them to have medical and dental care,"Pay when you can" style. Then they ask 'what do YOU want' if a non-native walks in.
I watched as the natives cried "Let us build casinos" so they would be financially independant from the fed. We still pay just like always, but now their yards have 7 dead new cars instead of old cars.
I watched as Port Angeles was awarded the bid to build a graving yard (a hole in the beach with a door, sort of like a drydock) for the construction of giant cement floating bridge sections for the new Hood Canal bridge. This was a huge financial plus for our area.
Then I watched as the natives waited 1 year into the project to start screaming that their ancestors are buried there (they are buried EVERYWHERE you dig, I know because I`m in the excavation business). The state had to pay the contractor nearly 100 million for a job they didn`t do. Now, the state gave the indians the land and they are planning a casino on the same spot.........I suppose it won`t offend the spirits of their ancestors to have a cement casino parked on top of them.
The motto around here used to be 3s, (shoot shovel and shutup) now it`s 2S.
Shovel and shutup. When you dig and find something, you mash it to dust and cover it up or YOU WILL NOT EVER FINISH THE PROJECT.
Well, my great great great grandfather may have been mean to the indians, but the ones that survived it sure did learn the lesson well, for they are now doing it to us, in spades.
Seems strange to be scalped and robbed by a red headed indian...........
I`m gonna just keep watching so I stay politically correct.........