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Did you do anything in the States that could not be done back home?

I would love to add on to this "box checker" comment.

People's relatives made decisions a long time ago to either remain on a rez or leave it.

My Greart Grandparents decided to leave with my infant grandmother around 1905 (ish). During WW1, natives were rounded up to be forced back on reservations (they weren't granted legal citizenship on the US until 1924, therfore they were illegal aliens).

WW2 brought on many racist undertones of anti German, Japanese, and anyone "not American enough".

Three generations later, and I'm looking to reattach by learning the language and getting up to the rez for celebrations.

Tldr: The past was rough. Some stayed, some left. Now may be the first time in history that tribes can reattach with it's lost members.

I am a tribal member with Lac Courte Oreilles and I live off reservation. It has been three generations since my family lived on the reservation, and my generation is the first ones since about 1920 to even engage with our heritage.

What advice would you give someone like myself to reengage with my heritage?

Thank you in advance.

The water offer was important at the time because of the need for travelers to fill their radiators up while going West.

I was there in the middle of October with a horrific sunburn (just got back from Cancun) and was shocked that there is no pharmacy in Walldrug.