[Maximo]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

I know this is OT, but I could not agree more. It's a forgotten, rotten tragedy that we've destroyed Native Americans. The poverty many of them live in is unimaginable. It's always broken my heart bc I've always had an affinity for them, perhaps bc I've read a lot of books about the history. Sadly, their severe poverty often extends to their animals...we have a reservation not far from here in AZ, and the horses in their yards are often near death with starvation ... which means a call to the local Animal Control. So sad all around.

There is a reservation near McCormick Ranch, where we lived in Scottsdale. Maybe that is the one you are referring to? The reservation system is awful.

We learned a lot about Native Americans through my father's work in AZ water rights, and my uncle who is an attorney in South Dakota and worked a lot with the Sioux Indians there.