American Thanksgiving was yesterday (and I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend). This means that it is now also time to celebrate the first nations who had a bad immigration policy and allowed my ancestors to illegally stake a claim to the land I live on. Yes, it was a raw deal they got. No, I don’t feel guilty. I’m glad things worked out this way, because I like where I live. I grew up adjacent to the Kainai nation, and various individual members of the Káínawa remain among my most and least favorite people today.
In the spirit of celebrating, the American National Park Service decided to showcase some of the amazing accomplishments of the women of the first nations. Since we all know that females are superior to men in every respect, I figured that we could agree and amplify the message here…
Some man went looking for the greatest achievement of first nations wimminz, and this is what he found. Some wimminz managed to dig a hole in the ground for shelter. My (male) friends and I did far more audacious things in our free time at the age of 11. Rodents and birds do a better job.
The reality is that females in Hidatsa society did a great job at what they were meant to do, which is to bear, educate, and raise little kids; and be a helper to a good man in a monogamous pairing. This is what females of every background have always done best, and the denial of this obvious truth is one of the major problems in our society today… which is far less stable and healthy than traditional Hidatsa society, for all these reasons.
Many women today want nothing to do with monogamous marriage to an average man, until it’s too late of course. Sometimes, telling a modern woman to settle down and get married young is like telling an alcoholic to drink only water for the rest of his life — he enjoys his situation too much to leave it.
I think many modern men are in a similar, but not identical boat. Me and others my age…we’ve been told to “provide”, but for what? For whom? Which women do we provide for?
“You should ask out that chick in Bible study with the leg tattoos and nose ring! What about that girl who wants to scuba dive with sharks, surely she would be interested in being a housewife? Or what about that little 4’11” girl who just enlisted in the marines? She would probably make a wonderful mother! Did you see that Jezebel just got a butch cut and dyed it purple? I think she likes you, hehe…”
I think a lot of us have just given up and drifted off into life, finding this and that to do as “hobbies”…more like coping mechanisms.
“Yeah, I’ll get married one day soon…just gotta convince the right woman…just gotta get the best grades…just gotta get the right job…then everything will be fine…yeah, that’s what’s gonna happen…”
BTW, sorry for clogging your comment section with my advanced intellectual rhetoric, it turned out longer than I intended.
Good to see you posting again, Boxer.
Good comment, Wight of Leeds. I feel for you brother.
Pure architectural genius, that structure in the photograph! Who knew that Frank Lloyd Wright learned everything he knew about residential building design from aboriginal North American women? /SARC
Some local governments will send out congratulations letters to couples who reach 25/50 years of marriage. But someone may need to notify the local representative so that this is done.
This is the type of success that should be celebrated for women.