Show Page 2 January 26 1995 Of igp Viewpoint The road to tragedy is paved with the abandoned populace by Carl Rowan King Features Syndicate doubt that this country has ever faced a confluence of decisions as we face today as ones (Ik dangerous We arc lurching into an emotional orgy of welfare reform based on knee-jer- k I poliiical-economic-social-ino- hanik’d the lowest level workers are discouraged and abused disillusioned teenagers turn more and more to crime and ilk wealthy will pay only for more prisons foolishly thinking that they arc protecting themselves and their treasures I would love to write today about the click’s that welfare has debased millions of Anwricans to the point where they aspire to nothing else Or that there w ill be noexplosive fallout if tlk' Congress tries to make children pay lor Ilk sexual and otlwr sins of their parents But another link1 only have space to offer a lew facts about Ilk minimum wage as set forth by tk nonpartisan (enter on Budget and I’olicy Priorities: I iTk’purcliasing powcrol Ik current minimum wage is lower than m any year since 1955 with tk exception of I9S9 Tk minimum wage is 55 percent Mow its peak value in I94S 2) Tk minimum wage sustains life for working woiik’ii and employees 25 or older Minimum wage earners lend to bring in 45 percent of tk’ir c household's inconk' of 3) Tk cry sonk employers that raising the minimum wage throws terrible numk'rs ol £ young people out of work is i not supported by studies i Recent surv eys show that a 10-- 1 percent hike in the minimum wage may provoke a decrease in teenage j assumptions about welfare cmployiik’nl and a of one percent job loss for causing dependency welfarecausing welfare as workers 20 to 24 years old widespread illegitimacy bums“--anI cannot understand how even d a "way ol life for lay an brutal for of simple wgv Ik least knighted Americans contempt the poor on the part ol well oil think lky can fail to provide Xmcricans education and jobs to millions Wi are entering a withering debate of unemployed: force millions I lie nvei vlvihcr to raise more to work at v eritable slave ft minimum wage for the first levels: use bogus cries of ? a woRK iTmc ’fou 6i ve '(m ttAWoxift Tncv’u nevcR tf link' in four years or to abolish it "quotas" to deny good jobs to We are talking of a drastic women and minorities: take welfare food shelter clothing and health care dewnsiing of government and of America even as "angry corporate away from the children of the by David Utvack g white men" wage war against aforementioned victims of guest viewpoint "affirmative action" programs that We have all faced Ik unpleasantness of driving around in a parking lot cruelty and general bigotry and still have pul a lew good jobs within the wind up with less crime and moiv searching frantically for a spike to park we're in a hurry for we are already reach of women blacks I lispanics late loi our destination hut yet we are having very little luck finding a tranquility and others Is tk’iv is no political leader of convenient parking space Tkn we spot it! A wide open space right next to Add these up and you gel a tk entrance However ikrc is one little draw hack this spot is reserved for consequence who dares to declare vulturous form of "capitalism" in individuals with a disability Do we pull in? After all we are only going to that this ctHinirv is follow ing a formula in tk building for a couple of minutes ami ksidcs we've m’ver seen that which millions of children are for tragedy particular spot used kforv As we lace this dilemma what is tk proper duiicc? According to the law tk is very clear The law slates: answer by Ryan Hoglund viewpoint editor Only those vehicles with a disability special group license plate temporary Itelore tk lirst luunpcans sailed across tk Allintu ev erv cornet of North America was alive w nil indigenous people removable windshield place card or rcimivahlc wimlshicld placard and transFor more than a thousand generations 3(N) irilvs each vv till a unique language and culture existed throughout w hat is now porting a qualifying person with a disability may park in an accessible paiking I called the niled Stales But altei 3(1(1 yeais ol Fuiupcm occupation iksc natives cxpeiicucc the most extreme poverty space reserved lor use by the person w ith a disability and hardship ol any group on the continent Not only aie natives worldwide niikicrn history's most exploited people hut the The penalty lor illegally parking in an accessible parking space is a hefty lute wot Ids most lorgolten that v urics from city locity hut can teach as high as 1250 (all that money for a little In the ( 'mled States Fuiopcan dominance ovet na'nes has polilierated like a sick virus Stalling in the original colonies more convenient paiking— is n worth it?) mindset has ultimately ended m the Nat-li- l e containment and iuteniionil exieinunaiion ol this But wait a minute aren't laws meant to he broken? And how often do people entile culluics Assimilation iloiccd assimilation) is iin is horrendous as genocide Winona I aduke and Waid (Tiuichhill icully gel ticketed lor this ty pc of crime anyway? Okay so mayk you won't gel m then book Tin Siuir nl Xuiiu Aiiii iini explain the extent ol the intrusion While it is clear that the Indian Claims noom will notice that you have broken the law so let me appeal caught ami may Commission luiictioned mainly as a sublet luge As a result ol its lengthy exploiatioiiol the tactual tecoid the commission to you on a di Herein level— a mnic humane level Accessible parking was mu revealed the lull extent to w Inch the I 'lined Stales likl occupied areas ol w Inch it had no law lul title Indeed one emulative created w ith the intentions of prov idmg the disabled w ith a "special right" Il was result ol the commission endeavor was to catalogue the lad that accoiding to the last known I'S pidicial ruling and designed to accomntiklate a need A need that many of us may never know I 'lilted States remained 5 the than coiilinentil ve title m to each ol instance actions moic iesk’di legal legislative personally and lot many reasons often fail to understand or even recognie peicent m the hands ol native nations The lacl is that about hall the land atea ol the country was puichnscd by treaty or agieemeni Accessible poiking is nk’ant to accommodate those individuals who experience at an average pi ueot less than a dollar in acre: anolhei tluidol at billion) acres mainly in the West weieconliscuicd without dillicultics in mobility tanging horn trouble m walking to difficulties with ol a (billion) ncies weie claimed by tk l imed Stales without pietense ol a unilateral breathing nc emphysema sullcicis) However many eoplc continue to overcompensation unoihci N'onli Ameiica are Unlay constrained to occupation ol look this "minute" detail action cxsimgiiislmig native title Amencan Indian nations in 2 5 il land this m ot some Nonetheless base land cases then ol managed caiefully oiigmnl Many imlny continue to perceive accessible linking solely as a question of appioximaiely pcucni national lot smvival" convenience lit proximity and muyk that ignorance is w hat leads us to consume expanded to icconcile with legally posited treaty boundaries piovides a viable basts Not only was the initial mtitisionoii native soveieignly unjustified but the veiy lrealtesthil were hypothetically supposed the much needed space Accessible parking goes lar kyond a nwans of convehiiliun and law author to of abuse to piolcd naties horn Inline weie accoiding Judge Canby lomier nience and incorporates many safety ami health issues We must all kconu’ aw are prolessor hiwin n Nnbht ll viitten in luglish and their terms weie olleu explained inexactly to the Indian signatories The very ol the burden we can create wkn we illegally lake away this valuable space Ami as lor the excuse that: "it is ikver used" the bottom line is that it must concepts ol land ow net ship ami governmental relations embodied in the treaties were olten wholly foreign to the tribal available w hen someone needs il diltures Moreover the ledciil government Ireqiicnily negotiated with uuliv iduals whom it had selected and who were not the traditional Icadcis ol the comet tied inks All of these factors contributed to overreaching on the part ol the federal Let Your Voice Be Heard ' government l inthermoie the Muieau ol Indian Allairs t a federal agency established to oversee native interests) is guilty ami is some cases the ol ignoniig oi even native interests m ulluis that directly affect the inks The Eagle and Viewpoint invites students faculty and with ultimate ol the intentions that III A would even establish schools on the rcscivutiuns ways thinking taught members of the community to submit their letters to the " ol making the Native Americans “civilted editor guest viewpoint articles and political cartoons I k' inivintincc ol pteseiving the cultural diversity ol natives and slirivmg for the autonomy is that as Annette James Letters must be typed 300 words and articles 500 words wines 'we aie mutually coulroiited with the speclm not ol simply a present determined by the unrelenting liotror of Amei tea's past but a future dictated by the ugliness of America's present In a w ord we lace the typed All works must have the consummation of Ank’i icut iiaisiii w ith all that implies m terms of racism sexism mililaism enviromik’iital devastation persons full name and a number final consolidation ol the I LS police state To a very teal extent the key to reversing the and iihsin industi iluoiigh imipani where they can be reached louiid in acluev mg tk liberation ol native north America the empire's lust victim ami in w hose ongoing this piotvss may Editor will provide anonymity of opinions under special Also Irom w it iiimition the cmpiie limls the cornerstone tiou liicli the whole of its continued existence ultimately tests" circumstances il a w holistic v icvv oini tl the liiimyn race is to adequacy transcend the next evolutionary step any help can gel would The Eagle reserves the right to edit any letters or articles cicullv applet iiletl In that natives encompass a strong deep ecological lie to nature and the enviromik’iil their paradigm iuav Iv the onlv liojv in escaping the present cnuise ol commodification and Political cartoons must be in ink and nonretumable and author activist Al native are which (letlicks natives in area rights the exploited explains not only Nniili metica is See Natives page 3 one-perce- nt one-four- th 1 S425-an-IhH- ir vatt Beware of your parking habits! right-win- k oflen-palk’li- Native Americans: a forgotten 1anilesi-)esiiny-ditve- 1 culturea forgotten people n k iwo-ilurd- s Am-ritu- n lame-duc- k sidc-stepm- well-kin- g g tkm-Nati- k v k k |