I went to high school in Lander, Wyoming...and there were many Indians in that school. As I recall, they were Shoshone Indians for the most part. Very bright, beautiful, athletic young people. I enjoyed them very much.
Different subject--this is along the post Mike made.
We have friends who were cowboying most of their life, with a son and daughter. The son has asthma and rhumatoid arthritis. Drugs for one illness counteract drugs for the other illness. They've had a tough time, no insurance to cover what the boy needed; so they were deeply in debt.
Dad went to work in the oil field so they could get themselves out of debt.
Oh, yes, they could have taken bankruptcy, but being a good man, Dad would NOT do that. He works like a mule; great work ethic; doesn't know the meaning of quit. And he is getting everyone paid off. It has taken quite a few years to do this. In the meantime, he is making good money; but because of their bills they don't have a lot of cash flow after the bills are paid. Their daughter is super intelligent. She is studying to be a doctor. She only needed to take 12 credits in College; she is taking 21!!! and making the dean's list. She is in her sophmore year at college now. Because of her dad's income; she can't get school loans. She has applied for scholarships and has gotten some and a lot of doors have opened for her. However, the cost of schooling is a hardship--and along with her bookload, she works at Safeway. She has applied for more scholarships and it takes a lot of time filling out the form; only to find if you are black, asian or something beside Caucasian you have a MUCH BETTER chance of getting the scholarship. She has been passed over because of this prejudice and it hurts. She is very, very serious about her school. She has had a lot of family members that served in the Armed Forces and that doesn't matter. Black, Asian, Indian--that's what matters in obtaining some scholarships. This makes me very sad.