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- Introduced by Rep. David Agema (R) on April 25, 2007, to repeal the law that requires state colleges and universities to waive tuition for any North American Indian who qualifies for admission and is a legal resident of the state.
- Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on April 25, 2007.
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1) Re: Native Nitwittery by slipstar01 on August 23, 2010"in terms of the sheer numbers killed, the Native American Genocide exceeds that of the Holocaust" -David Cessarni- The Indian Removal Act of 1830 led to the Trail of Tears, where About 17,000 Cherokees were
removed from their homes. If we're talking about items that were
traded for land, than you can't forget the heapum good blanket's given
to the ungreatful savages, (who cares if they were filled with smallpox?) Not to mention other amazing items like forced religion, and although I hate to admit your right, Whiskey... yes good ole fashioned barrell brewed whiskey, and since the Indian people had no tollerance to liquor whatsoever it made for a great drink, just before they gave away thier land for a piece of metal... And don't forget the European Fashion sense, which had to be adapted to for the law to protect the American Indians. Yes, we had it good back then, and it makes me sick that these dirty Indian's want something, for nothing (schooling). Why does that sound so familliar? I really wish people like you would dig around American history, before you come on the internet, and sound like a chainsaw, (Chainsaw?) Oh I meant a tool!
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A lot of people believe, just because you are 1/4 or more Native American Indian that you receive the per capita monies from the casinos and all the ammenities from the tribe. This isn't so. If you are not a tribal member, you do not receive anything from the tribe. At one time just being a decendent you could get some help for medical and dental. A lot of Native American children and adults alike rely on this Michigan Indian Tuition Waiver. Because they need that help. Because the tribes say they look after there own people but in reality they don't unless you are a tribal member. I am the wife of an 1/2 degree blood quantum Indian, his father was full blooded. But his mother was white. He doesn't receive nothing from the tribe. He isn't a tribal member. Neither are his four sisters. His only brother passed away in 1984. I was married to him and had two children. I then married his brother and had two more children. The only thing our children had to look forward to was the Indian Tuition Waiver. Though we both always worked we never made enough to send them to college. Now the tribe is saying to get this I.T.W. you have to be a tribal member. Thats not right, the ones that are members can afford to pay for their college tuition with per capita monies. My oldest daughter was 4 months old when her father passed away and my son would have been 3 years old. My oldest daughter put herself through college and then her brother and her hired a lawyer to get to be tribal members, because their father had passed away before they had open enrollment. They have to pay this lawyer $500.00 each a week for five years just to be members of the tribe that their forefathers built. Its too bad that my husband and children are denied their heritage and now they are taking the Indian Tuition Waiver away too. Denying that they are Indian. My husband use to be proud to be Indian and of his heritage. His grandfather and greatgrandfather and greatgreatgrandfather were cheifs of that same tribe. Our youngest daughter is now going to Nursing school, working and trying her best to pay her tuition with the help from us. But it would be nice if she could get some help from the Indian Tuition Waiver, this way she wouldn't have to work so hard to pay for it and focus on her studies. What ever happened to " A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" Oh yeah, thats the Negro College Fund. Not the Indian Fund.
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American Indians have Sovereignty (Education included- Indian Self-Determination & Education Assistance Act of 1975) based on: what they have retained-not what has been "given". Nothing has been given to A.I. by the states or the federal government. Read a history book, might I suggest: "A People's History of the United States by: Howard Zinn. It would be a good place to start to educate yourself about a people that are the original, authentic first people of America. You belive too many myths and per-cap casino stories.
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