é-náhkôhe'šeme: if *all Natives* in the US were paid $1000 per month for existing: crunching the numbers

emeraldtriangleprincess:

there are approximately 4,119,301 American Indians in the US (according to the US census), and the average life expectancy for Natives is 73 years.

this means by the time all of us currently living die, we will have collected an estimated $300,708,973,000.

average price per acre of rural land…

Per cap day today! Yeeeeyeah!

Best things about per cap day at Tulalip:

Money!

Donuts!

Seeing all your relatives (as if you dont see them everyday anyway hant)

Going to bank to cash check and see all your relatives again cashing their check too.

Going to Walmart and seeing all your relatives there after you all cashed your checks and laughing about it.

Going to Casino for a nice dinner and dancing then running into all your relatives yet again and dancing the night away.

Going home to bed and loving being Tulalip.

Today is our General Council meeting for our tribe where we elect new board members. I always work this event and this morning I helped distribute gifts to our members. The gift this year was a fold out chair. The top response when receiving the chair? “Cool! This will be my new stick game chair!”

Hant!