Yeoj

Just put a $5 on the logo and everything will be fine.....lol
 
It may be fashionable to play Indian now, but it was also trendy 125 years ago when people paid $5 apiece for falsified documents declaring them Native on the Dawes Rolls.
These so-called five-dollar Indians paid government agents under the table in order to reap the benefits that came with having Indian blood. Mainly white men with an appetite for land, five-dollar Indians paid to register on the Dawes Rolls, earning fraudulent enrollment in tribes along with benefits inherited by generations to come.
“These were opportunistic white men who wanted access to land or food rations,” said Gregory Smithers, associate professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University. “These were people who were more than happy to exploit the Dawes Commission—and government agents, for $5, were willing to turn a blind eye to the graft and corruption.”
The Dawes Commission, established in 1893 to enforce the General Allotment Act of 1887 (or the Dawes Act), was charged with convincing tribes to cede their land to the United States and divide remaining land into individual allotments. The commission also required Indians to claim membership in only one tribe and register on the Dawes Rolls, what the government meant to be a definitive record of individuals with Indian blood.
 
The Curtis Act, passed in 1898, targeted the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole), forcing them to accept allotments and register on the Dawes Rolls. The two acts—which came during a “period of murky social context” after the Civil War when white and black men were intermarrying with Native American women, aimed to help the government keep track of “real” Indians while accelerating efforts to assimilate Indian people into white culture, Smithers said.
“By 1865, African Americans and white Americans were moving into the Midwest, into the Indian and Oklahoma territories, all vying for some patch of land they could call their own and live out their Jeffersonian view of independence,” he said. “The federal government poured a lot of effort and energy into the Dawes Commission, but at the same time it was very hard for both Native and American governments to keep track of who was who.”
The Dawes Commission set up tents in Indian Territory, said Bill Welge, director emeritus of the Oklahoma Historical Society’s Office of American Indian Culture and Preservation. There, field clerks scoured written records, took oral testimony and generated enrollment cards for individuals determined to have Indian blood.
That included authentic Indians, Welge said. But it also included lots of people with questionable heritage.
“Commissioners took advantage of their positions and enrolled people who had very minimal or questionable connections to the tribes,” he said. “They were not adverse to taking money under the table.”
The implications of such shady practices are enormous now, Smithers said. Five-dollar Indians passed their unearned benefits to heirs who still lay claim to tribal citizenship and associated privileges.
“Now we have people who are white but who can trace their names back to the rolls used by tribal nations to ascertain who has rights as citizens,” he said. “That means we have white people who have the ability to vote at large; it means political rights; it means the potential to influence tribal policy on a whole range of issues; it means people have access to health care, education and employment. The implications are quite profound for people who got away with fraud.”
On the flip side, while non-Natives paid to play Indian, many authentic Indians who didn’t trust the government chose not to register with the Dawes Rolls at all, said Gene Norris, a genealogist at the 
This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . That means people with legitimate claims to tribal enrollment and the benefits are now excluded. “Native Americans are the only racial group defined by blood,” Norris said. “Even that was arbitrary. In the 1890s, siblings who talked to different commissioners emerged with different blood quantum. Because they didn’t apply together, some of them have different blood degrees.”
In short, the Dawes Rolls forever changed the way the federal government defined Indians—and, in many cases, the way Indians still define themselves.
In 1900, one woman registered on the rolls with 1/256 Cherokee blood, Norris said. Now, some enrolled members of the Cherokee Nation have as little as 1/8,196 Indian blood.
The Dawes Rolls—even now—are a murky and “very inaccurate” gauge of Indian citizenship, he said. In the 2000 Census, the number of people claiming Cherokee ancestry was three times that of official tribal enrollment.
“That’s what happens when the federal government established the rules, not the Natives,” he said.
Smithers has no estimate of the number of people who fraudulently registered on the Dawes Rolls—or who lay false claim to Indian citizenship now. But five-dollar Indians did not represent an isolated case of appropriation.
“What we had was simply white people claiming to be Indian,” he said. “They were early wannabes, just like we have today. Five-dollar Indian is just another term for that.”
 

Just out of curiosity,  who were the better candidates? From my understanding, it was only a handful of guys interviewed and Colbert Sr was the second finalist. Franks had a change of heart and turn the job down. I don't know if dude is a good coach or not, but I know he's better than the previous coach. He didn't lose thirty games in a row. Hopefully Colbert Sr will get a staff that will work with him and not against him like the saboteurs that's been coaching there for all these years.

Dumb crap like this is the reason that moderates won't vote Republican.
 
If you really believe that Republicans can just usurp the election process and install whoever they want, you obviously weren't paying attention during Government class as a senior. 
I'll also guarantee that if by some stupid chance we DID have a Congress foolish enough to try, you'd have a civil war on your hands.  
 
The level of stupidity here is mind-blowing.

Just out of curiosity,  who were the better candidates? From my understanding, it was only a handful of guys interviewed and Colbert Sr was the second finalist. Franks had a change of heart and turn the job down. I don't know if dude is a good coach or not, but I know he's better than the previous coach. He didn't lose thirty games in a row. Hopefully Colbert Sr will get a staff that will work with him and not against him like the saboteurs that's been coaching there for all these years.

This is correct.
Franks turned it down. Colbert the new HC.

They just ran off their best coach in history

Hearing Malcom Frank

I heard Foreman didn't apply and the hire is going to be in-house. Could be good for United, but the next couple years won't show it 

Imo Brook will surprise alot of ppl, who dont know what they have coming up,...You never know with kids, but if the ones I'm hearing attend Brook like they're suppose to, we may have a new king of the Hill in SETX basketball 

Oh I definitely do.
 
Also they're a few Pear Orchard ppl to include @BMTSoulja1 that think WB wont be a factor in bball for some odd reason.
 
But yeah, back on topic. 🤷🏾‍♂️

and they all should have moved to Silsbee.

Dotson would be at Ozen. The rest of those kids you named would be at Central.

They need a HC that actually wants to be there. 👀🥤

Yeah they can have Barrett. He's a young coach with a lot to learn about in game adjustments and when to blitz. WB couldn't stop a nosebleed with him calling the defense.

That in bold! I said the same exact thing the minute I found out he applied for the La Porte job after his 1st season at United 😂 out of all jobs to try to get that let me know everything I needed to know. 

I don't understand how people are saying he bailed on Paetow because they're going to 6A when he's... going to another 6A school? I mean, maybe he did bail from Paetow because of how tough the district would be, any number of reasons. But strictly bc they're going to 6A doesn't make sense considering Pearland is also... 6A.

I don't know if its vindictive. Graham obviously didn't want to be at BU. He applied for jobs after both his seasons there. You can't build the type of relationships a Head coach needs with his players if you're looking to move on after the first season. Peace out Graham! 

Yea wasn’t the best game, but a win is a win at this point. . On to the next 

This was the best possible outcome for us, and I am very optimistic about PN-G's future. Let the fans of Nederland, Memorial, WO-S and so on say what they want about it. I think this will prove to be an outstanding selection in the future.
And don't be surprised if you see a Dodge hanging around in Mid-County at some point next fall. 😎

21-6A and a couple of other Houston area districts do the 2nd half of district play on Wed./Saturday due to the lack of game officials.
They wanted to have the capability of getting the pick of the litter when it came to choosing officiating crews.

Per Richard Davenport: 
 
Final at @TheKingCottonHC 
 
Magnolia 67
Parkview 58
Derrian Ford 27p 12r 3a 2s
Devonta Walker 10p 7r 1a 1s 1 blk 
Adrien Walker 8p 3r 3a 1s
Nevi Tell 15p 1r 2a 1s
Marcus Snider 7p 3r
@ETTaylor79 @thetruthballers @nevitell2023
 @Adrien18517625 @DEVONTAWALK11
@PaulBiancardi 
 
 
@Yeoj in bold is who I told you about for Magnolia in Arkansas. 

He's so happy and treated so well that he applied for the West Brook job last spring. WOS is Foreman's dream job! Not saying he'll get it but, he will most definitely be applying.

He's so happy and treated so well that he applied for the West Brook job last spring. WOS is Foreman's dream job! Not saying he'll get it but, he will most definitely be applying.

Name one player who showed up at LCM from WOS since Peevey got there.

I saw Toby under achieve big time at Central so be careful what you wish for