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I'm an Indigenous Turtle Islander - an ITI. A name that is uniquely OURS, and one no can say was 'given' to us by members of some other culture. Vernacularly, that's an Indn, which is how we pronounce "Indian", partly to differentiate it from the name of

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Adoption Breaking the adoption language barrier: Should parents learn the child's native language?: 2 of 7
In order to break the adoption language barrier, parents should definitely learn the child's native language. The fact that a child is up for adoption is not due to any wrong doing on the child's part; therefore it is not the child's requirement to make all the adjustments to the new culture when adopted. Children are not pu... More..
Personal Finance > Health Insurance Should businesses be required to pay for health care insurance?: 8 of 27
Businesses should not be required to pay for health care insurance because "a business" is not some mythical entity separate from its employees, it is not the parent of those employees, and it does not and cannot live the employees' lives for them. If the last were true, "a business" would likely live a much healthier lifest... More..
Jobs & Careers > Employers Do people work more if they are paid more?: 17 of 57
In order to write to this question of whether or not people work more if they are paid more, we must make an assumption. I truly detest making assumptions, and in my businesses, Rule # 1 is "Never assume anything! It will catch you up every time, due to lack of some key bit of information." The assumption here is in regard t... More..
Health & Fitness > Alternative Therapies Is magnetic therapy beneficial to maintaining health?: 3 of 10
There is no question that magnetic therapy - properly done - is beneficial to maintaining health, because it works on animals such as horses, with whom it has a long established history of success. There being no Dr. Doolittle who can persuade the animals that magnetic therapy does or should work, the question of the placebo... More..
Sciences > Ecology & Environment The alternative energy source with the most potential: 13 of 39
My home camp has been in Dakota Territory for over 13 years now. Dakota Territory is the Saudi Arabia of wind - as is most of the Great Plains. Wind is a terrific 'alternative' source of energy to petroleum and coal, but it is not the one with the most potential, in my opinion, simply because the wind does not blow all the t... More..
Hobbies & Games > Yarn & Needle Crafts The lost art of sewing: 5 of 15
Learning to Sew Gives Both Pleasure and Profit I did not learn to sew because I wanted to emulate my birth mother. My birth mother was an alcoholic and so, was spiritually crippled and abusive "in spades". I found her repellent from my earliest memories. She sewed a lot, so of course then I didn't want to learn to do it. She... More..
Sciences > Archaeology Archeological evidence suggest origins of 'first' Americans: 3 of 9
I am an ITI - an Indigenous Trutle Islander. A First 'American', although in reality, 'America' is a construct made by a self-agrandizing Italian mapmaker, Amerigo Vespucci, who wanted to immortalize himself, not the proper name of this land. Contrary to popular myth-conceptions developed and promoted by people of European d... More..
Sports & Recreation > Hiking & Backpacking Tips for buying fitness snowshoes: 1 of 3
Before I go into details about buying fitness snowshoes, I want to point out that, from my experience, 'every' kind of snowshoe is a 'fitness snowshoe'. If you are concerned with fat thighs or hips, winter need no longer be your enemy, if you have a pair of snowshoes that are suitable for you - and you get out and use them. ... More..
Sciences > Water & Oceanography How wetlands could minimize the effect of hurricanes: 1 of 3
Wetlands evolved as the response of our Holy Mother, the Earth, to a need for many things for the various People who share her bounty. They are a purification and filtration mechanism whether they are inland or sea-coastal; a stash of water against drought; if they exist at the sea coasts, they are a mixing place for fresh a... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Should a global climate agreement hold the US to a higher environmental standard than the rest of the world?: 29 of 86
"Should a global climate agreement hold the US to a higher environmental standard than the rest of the world?" Now there's a simple-sounding question with a raft of 'catches' attached inherently to it if I ever saw or heard on. On one hand, since the US has the world's largest economy, the answer would be an automatic 'yes'.... More..