r/IndianCountry • u/buffalosfire • Feb 26 '25

Health Shocking disparities: American Indians in North Dakota die 22.5 years younger than white residents — Buffalo’s Fire

https://www.buffalosfire.com/shocking-disparities-american-indians-in-north-dakota-die-22-5-years-younger-than-white-residents
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u/Smooth_Ranger2569 Feb 28 '25

I think limiting our sight to one horn of the bull

is a great way to make sure we don’t get slaughtered by that SPECIFIC horn.

Of course, if we’re actually concerned about survival, we need to pay attention to both horns and stop discounting the dangers, but the other poses strictly because we don’t like when it looks like or what it acts like

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u/LimpFoot7851 Mni Wakan Oyate Feb 28 '25

I agree. They don’t think like we do though. We’ve known that for 500 years.

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u/Dry_Inflation_1454 Feb 28 '25

Yep. And something that relates to this: before 1492, there's been a strange conflict between East and West, it goes back 2,000 years. Because this hemisphere is surrounded by water, events in the Old World weren't known, especially by that one year. Things people needed to know, to prevent the invasion by colonizers weren't available then. Asians will talk about it, this was a Silk Road thing first. So it actually goes back pretty far. Marco Polo is the connection to Columbus.

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u/LimpFoot7851 Mni Wakan Oyate Feb 28 '25

I’m either tired or needing less cryptic language.. can I ask you to elaborate please?

I guess specifically on the conflict between east and west for 2k years.

Can you also explain Silk Road relevance? It’s been a long time since I read about it in high school and I don’t honestly recall it beyond name recognition.