Tucson, Arizona is making me feel a little burned as a citizen, especially a Tribal citizen far away from my home reservation in South Dakota. I feel irritated by John McCain's face on television when I see it, or the big blue poster that is on a street corner near my current job that states the message, "Drill, Baby, Drill." I don't get it. What is McCain drilling for? I find this campaign about as effective as the recent underwater oil drill mishap in the Gulf of Mexico. If McCain is running a drill, I wouldn't possibly gather what the exercise is, other than protecting the conservative, Anglo-American view of service to the constituents. In the past two years, I have had experience as a parent in both the public school system and the early intervention (age 0-3) programs through the State of Arizona. In all of my experience, I find the paperwork to be much more hassle than its worth right now. It is my impression that the service prov...
Native American author, fictional and academic. Thoughts, philosophies, and interpretations from a Native Lakota Sioux Woman's Perspective.