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Article: For the modern Native, today is a good day to gamble. (Opinion).(Column)
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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Remember the good old days when the media's perception of Native people leaned towards a rather tragic or noble image, one of an alcoholic, land claim protester who could ride a horse bareback while smudging an abandoned car on their front lawn with sweetgrass?
I remember those days fondly because, as a Native person, I had the luxury, even the pleasure of rising above those stereotypes and proudly declaring to a prejudiced world "I am not an alcoholic. I do not have a land claim. And I cannot ride a horse, bareback or with a saddle." One had to be grateful for small victories.
My brethren and I always struggled to become more than just shallow images on ...