Donna's Collection of Native American Indian Jokes

The Lone Ranger and Tonto went camping in the desert. After they got their tent all set up, both men fell sound asleep. Some hours later, Tonto wakes the Lone Ranger and says,

"Kemo Sabe, look towards sky, what you see?"

The Lone Ranger replies, "I see millions of stars."

"What that tell you?" asked Tonto.

The Lone Ranger ponders for a minute then says, "Astronomically speaking, it tells me there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.

Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three in the morning. Theologically, it's evident the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant.

Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What's it tell you, Tonto?"

Tonto is silent for a moment, then says, "Kemo Sabe, you dumber then buffalo chip. Someone has stolen tent."

rez (reservation) dawgs

How can you spot the difference between a regular canine and a Rez dog?

  Throw each one in the oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

  The regular canine should come out tender and moist.
  The Rez dog will come out with a towel wrapped around his waist saying,

  "Dang that was a good sweat!"

PoncaJohn and TexasTweety

"Grandpa, don't you wish all the white men would go back to Europe?" the  young Sioux asked.

"Not till they pay us for the Black Hills!" the old man snapped defiantly!.

Counting to Ten in Kiowa:
 
K' one
 
K' two
 
K' three
 
K' four
 
K' five...

What's the difference between a white guy praying in church and a white guy praying in an Indian casino?
 
(The one in the casino is sincere).

What's a mile long and four feet high?
A Hopi Grand Entry

Q: What do you call a Sioux guy out walking his dog?
A: Vegetarian

 Q: What do you call a Cheyenne guy with two dogs?
 A: Rancher

Three Indian commandos were out in the Iraqi desert. "I understand that you Indians have brought your own indigenous survival equipment" ventured their captain.
 "Sir, I have brought an entire barrel cactus" said the Pima guy proudly. "When I get too hot, I just cut off the top and take a drink." The captain looked impressed.
 Not to be outdone, the Pueblo guy said " Sir, I have brought the sacred corn pollen. When I get too hot, I pray with it, and then it rains". The captain looked even more impressed.
 Not to be outdone the Pawnee guy said "I brought a car door off a 1959 Chevy Impala". "Why would you do that?" the captain asked. "Well," said the Pawnee guy "when I get too hot, I just roll down the window".

"Knock knock"
 
"Who's there?"
 
"Dishes"
 
"Dishes who?"
 
"Dishes da Navajo police... OPEN UP!"

 An Osage lady had just bought a new car with her headright money. She sent her Choctaw boyfriend to the back of the car to check out her turn signals. "Are they working?" she asked.
 The Choctaw guy responded "Yes... No... Yes...No...".

 Two Cheyenne guys on relocation spied a sign in a cafe window that said "hot-dogs". Thinking they were some other kind of dogs, they ordered two to go, and went to a park to have lunch. The first Cheyenne guy looked inside his sack, and then threw it down in disgust.
 "What part did you get?" asked his buddy.

 An elderly Choctaw couple was driving back from visiting their neighbor when the old lady wondered if the geese they had been given were safely put away in the pickup bed. "Hey you got dem goose?" she asked her husband.
 "Quit your cussin'" he said.

 Two Poncas stole a hog, and put it on the front car seat between them.
   Suddenly they hit a road block. Thinking fast, they disguised the hog by putting sunglasses on it, and by tying a lady's scarf around its head. The trick worked, and the deputy let them go.
 "Don't that break your heart?" the deputy asked the sheriff as they drove away. "Them two Ponca Indian boys .. out with that beautiful white woman".

 The rez cop disciplined a reckless driver by smacking him over the head, and then let the driver and his passenger go. Two minutes later the rez cop stopped the same car again, walked over to the passenger's side, and then hit him over the head.
     "Hey!" yelled the passenger. I didn't do anything! Why did you hit me?"
      "Just making your wish come true" said the rez cop. "I know you said 'I wish that s.o.b woulda tried that s*it on ME".

 Q: What do you get when you cross a Chickasaw, a Pottowottomie, and a Paiute?
 A: A chickie-pot-pie

 An Indian woman went to the school to register her boys.
 "How many children do you have?" asked the secretary.
 "Ten" she said.
 "And what are their names?" she was asked.
 "Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, and Bob" she said
 "They're ALL named Bob?" the secretary asked. "What if you want them to come in from playing?'
 "That's easy" she explained. "I just call Bob and they all come running".
 "And what if you want them to come and eat?" the secretary asked.
 "I just say Bob, come eat your dinner, and they do". She said.
 "But what if you want just ONE Bob to do something?" asked the secretary
 "Oh that's easy" she said. "I just use their last names".

POSITION: Mom, Mama, Mother

JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term team players needed for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities. Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES: For the rest of your life. Must be willing to be hated, at  least temporarily, until someone needs $5. Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf.

Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects.  Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all  ages and mental outlooks. Must be willing to be indispensable one minute, an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys and battery operated devices. Must  always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product.

Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION: Virtually none. Your job is  to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: None required, unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION: You pay them! Offering frequent raises and  bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption  that college will help them become financially independent. When you die,  you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS: While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth and free hugs for  life if you play your cards right.

Forward this on to all the moms you know, in appreciation for everything they do on a daily basis, and let them know they are appreciated (and to your children so that they know what it takes to be a parent).

You know it's time to lose weight when:

*  You can't see your moccasin strings anymore

*  You "duck" during the duck and dive and you can't get back up

*  You find yourself bringing zip lock bags and a sack to the powwow feast

*  You get in line twice at the powwow feast and lie by saying, "this plate is for my grandma who's sitting in the car," and you don't realize she just went through the line 10 people ahead of you.

*  You can't fit your choker, because you no longer have a neck

*  Your family has to stop half way to the powwow to replace the springs on your car

*  The car naturally tilts downward on the side you always ride on

*  The youngest kid with the shortest legs has to sit behind your seat, because you have to have the seat pulled all the way back to fit your beefy legs into the car

*  You eat Indian Tacos like potato chips

*  You don't even feel your mosquito bites

*  You have to "rock" a few times to get up out of your chair

*  People mistake you for a teepee when you wear a white tshirt

*  You have to "lift" your stomach to show off your new beaded belt buckle

*  You order a coke and the waitress asks, "Diet?"

*  You almost pass out in the sweathouse using only one rock

*  You get scared your belly button might come untied

*  In a powwow crowd of 1,000 people, everyone stops you to ask your advice about the best food stands AND where's the best fry bread stand

*  Other dancers use you for shade in grand entry line

*  You lose a $1,000 dance contest because your excess didn't stop in time with the drum

*  Your buckskin dress looks like you're still sitting down even if you're up walking around

*  You have to have your parade horse backed up next the car so you can climb up on the hood of the car and get on

*  Your parade horse is a "Clydesdale"

Indian Power

INDIAN POWER means pride in the fact that you have enough kid's to have a tribe of your own!

INDIAN POWER means maintaining your health is through a strict diet of nutritional USDA foods that just Commodities can offer, keeping that Comod bod in tip top shape!

INDIAN POWER means a way to a richer life is through the government!

INDIAN POWER means that those white guy's in government, still, never established a master plan to kill you and your people off--yet!

INDIAN POWER means having the stamina to party all night when all the good looking girls are all snagged out, no more beer left, or just getting too messed up and talking too much resulting in getting kicked out of the party.

INDIAN POWER means eating four to five Indian Taco's in one night at a powwow!

INDIAN POWER means having an Iron liver to drink any race under the table and laughing at them when they pass out...except, maybe, for those Irish!

INDIAN POWER means that you have a load of relative's to back you up...when needed!

INDIAN POWER means that your people are the epitome of all firefighter's!

INDIAN POWER means determination to save thousands of dollars, over a course of a year, for a pow wow knowing the fact it's all going to be given away in a matter of minutes. Unless, of course, your tribe has a casino!

INDIAN POWER means having extreme skill & concentration to play a multiple number of Bingo cards  all at once while simultaneously visiting the person next to you!

INDIAN POWER means using that power to try, hard not to laugh  when a wannabe tries to claim they're Cherokee and their great grandmother was a Cherokee princess.

INDIAN POWER means that if you met those pitiful pilgram's yourself they would have been dead on the spot, especially Christopher Columbus who was lost!

OLD NDN TRICK

Recently a routine Yakama police patrol parked outside Pete's tavern. Late in the evening the officer noticed a young tribal man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could barely walk. The man stumbled
around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing.

After what seemed an eternity and trying his keys on five vehicles, the man managed to find his car which he fell into. He was there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off. Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off (it was a fine dry night) flicked the blinkers on, then off, honked the horn and then switched on the lights. He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then remained still for a few more minutes as some more vehicles left. At last he pulled out of the parking lot and started to drive slowly down the road.

The police officer, having patiently waited all this time, now started up the patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the man over and carried out a breathalyzer test. To his amazement the breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man having consumed alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the officer said "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the Police station this breathalyzer equipment must be broken." "I doubt it," said the man, "Tonight I'm the designated decoy." Aye!!!! Old tribal trick--enit!!?

Indian Humor - NM Style

A New Mexico State Trooper pulled over a van on I-25 about ten miles north of "The Pit". When the trooper asked the driver why he was speeding the driver answered that he was a juggler and he was on his way to Sandia Casino to do a show that night and didn't want to be late. The trooper told the driver he was fascinated by the juggling, and if the driver would do a little juggling for him, he wouldn't give him a ticket. The driver told the trooper that he had sent all of his equipment on ahead and that he didn't have anything to juggle. The trooper told him that he had some flares in the trunk of his squad car and asked if he could juggle them. The juggler stated that he could, so the trooper got three flares, lit them and handed them to the juggler. While the man was doing his juggling act, an old pickup with expired plates pulled up behind the squad car. An Indian who was obviously intoxicated, staggered out and watched the performance briefly. He shook his head, went over to the squad car, opened the door and got in. The trooper observed the man doing this and went over to his squad car opened the back door and asked the drunk what he thought he was doing?! The drunk replied...."Sha-Bro....might as well take me to jail....There's no way in hell I can pass THAT test!!!!"

TOP TEN SIGNS YOU ARE A TECHNO-INDIAN

1. You now know a hard drive isn't just the road to Navajo Mountain!!!
2. You have a beaded zip drive.
3. You ask chicks for their e-mail address at pow-wows and rodeos.
4. Your mouse is coated with frybread grease.
5. Before you attend a pow-wow or all-ndn rodeo, you need to check its website first.
6. Your e-mail address is: DancesWithModems@hotmail.com.
7. You send eeezzzzmail.
8. You think a floppy disk slot crammed with sage will somehow increase your connection speed.
9. Your snag doesn't want to hear that lame old "my server is down" excuse anymore.
10. You have several CPUs up on blocks in your living room.

Fry Bread

The old tribal chairman was on his death bed. He had only hours to live when he suddenly smelled the scent of fry-bread wafting into his room. Aaahhhh. . . He loved fry-bread more than anything else in the world.

With his last bit of energy, he pulled himself out of bed. . .   Down the stairs and into the kitchen he went. There was his beloved wife, Lillian, kneading the dough for a new batch. As he reached for one of  the fresh steaming fry-breads, he got smacked across the back of his hand by the wooden spoon his wife was holding. 'Leave them alone!' she said. 'They're for the funeral ! ' "

Speeding

One Sunday, sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a State Police Officer sees a car puttering along at 22 MPH.

He thinks to himself, "This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!" So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over.

Approaching the car, he notices that there are five little old Indian ladies - two in the front seat and three in the back - wide eyed and white as ghosts. The driver, obviously confused, says to him, "Officer, I don't understand, I was doing exactly the speed limit!  I always go exactly the speed limit.  What seems to be the problem?"

"Ma'am," the officer replies, "you weren't speeding, but you should know that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers."

"Slower than the speed limit? No sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly!  Twenty-two miles an hour!" the old Indian woman says a bit proudly.

The State Police officer, trying to contain a chuckle explains to her that "22" was the route number, not the speed limit.

A bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for pointing out her error.

"But before I let you go, Ma'am, I have to ask . . .  Is everyone in this car OK? These women seem awfully shaken and they haven't muttered a single peep this whole time," the officer asks with concern.

"Oh, they'll be all right, officer. We just got off Route 119."

INDIAN REZ HOROSCOPES:

CAPRICORN Dec 22-Jan 19:
You are always saving junk and dragging things around the yard. You are basically a pack rat. There has never been a tidy Capricorn on your Indian Reserve. You should quit stealing other people's garbage.

AQUARIUS Jan 20-Feb 18:
You haven't the foggiest idea who you are and you've stayed stupid for too long. You are a natural liar. On the other hand, you are compelled to the dinner table where, you make loud sucking noises, as you devour sixteen pork neckbones. Everyone thinks you Indian name should be 'Vacuum Neck'.

PISCES Feb 19-Mar 20:
You have no imagination and you always think the Department of Indian Affairs or Social Services are following you. You have influence over welfare administrators and friends think you're a weasel. You lack perseverance and are generally a chicken. Pisces people like to beat the ugly cats and sniff their nose a lot.

ARIES Mar 21- Apr 19:
You are an old stiff and this is reflected in everything you do. You are always whining over nothing and think everyone is out to rob you of something. You should take 11 sweats, one after another.

TAURUS Apr 20- May 20:
You like to work like hell and you are a genuine Jack of all trades. Most people think you are just getting in their way. you are stubborn and persistent. You are stubborn and persistent. You should get on welfare, immediately.

GEMINI May 20- June 21:
You are very intelligent on your feet but lose all credibility when sitting down. People like you because you know how to cash in food vouchers. This means your're a con artist. Geminis are notorious for their pimping.

CANCER June 22- July 22:
You are sympathetic and understanding to other people's problems. Friends think you are a sponge and you are always misplacing your sweetgrass. That is why you will always drive a 'rez bomb' and have
a fat mate.

LEO July 23-Aug 22:
You consider yourself a warrior, others think you're a macho egotistical creature of habit. Most Leos like to pick on little people. You have no ambition and will forever live in your mind. Leo people are scared to go to the sun dance and prefer to make love to their mirrors.

VIRGO Aug 23- Sep 22:
You like to have things in perfect order and will pick nits all day. Your sex life has become well known, due to you meticulous nature. Friends think you're an example of institutionalization and would make a model inmate at the local prison.

LIBRA Sep 23- Oct 23:
You have extreme difficulty with reality. This disorder began at the Rez school and will cause further serious mental shortcomings. Chances for employment are nil and you'll have to do bead work for the rest of your life. All Libra's light their sweetgrass from the wrong end.

SCORPIO Oct 24- Nov 21:
You are a shrewd and conniving Aboriginal. You land claim cannot be settled because you also want them to throw in Africa and China. Your work ethics defy logic but this stems from the fact that you know everything. Most Scorpios develop Jean Chretien-type mouths.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 22- Dec 21:
You are extemely optimistic and have the tendency to rely on Indian Medicine. The majority of Sagittarians carry little bundles of leather and will do weird things suddenly. You should take 365 vision quests, 67 sweat ceremonies, 39 Sun Dances and a Valium.

To A White Person Upon First Meeting:

      10. How much white are you?

      9. I'm part white myself, you know.

      8. I learned all your people's ways in the Boy Scouts.

      7. My great-great-grandmother was a full-blooded white-Canadian princess.

      6. Funny, you don't look white.

      5. Where's your powdered wig and knickers?

      4. Do you live in a covered wagon?

      3. What's the meaning behind the square dance?

      2. What's your feeling about river-boat casinos? Do they really help your people, or are they just a
short-term fix?

      1. Oh wow! I really love your hair! Can I touch it?

Joined at the tooth.

A Sioux woman and her husband interrupted their vacation to go to the dentist. "I want a tooth pulled, and I don't want any pain killers because I'm in a big hurry," the Sioux woman said. " Just extract the tooth as quickly as possible, and we'll be on our way."

The dentist was quite impressed. "You're certainly a courageous woman," he said. "Which tooth is it?"

The Sioux woman turned to her husband and said, "Show him your tooth, dear."

Ghost Indian

Two Ponca men were sitting out on a back road visiting. All at once there was a tapping on the window.

"Ah Hoh!"  "Hey guy!"  "I think there is a ghost tapping on the window!"

Sure enough a wizened face with long flowing white hair was there just out side the window.

The Ponca man driving shoved his foot down on the gas and immediately was doing 60 miles and hour.

"Step on it!"  "He's still out there!"  And sure enough, there was another tapping at the window.

The driver shoved his foot to the floor again!  This time he was doing ninety (90) miles an hour.

Still the ghostly figure tapped on the window.

"You better giver 'er some more gas!"  "He's still out there."

"I can't go any faster, I've got her up to 120 miles an hour.

About that time the little old man motioned for the passenger to roll the window down, which he did.

"Say Boys!"  "I was wanting to know, do you need a shove to get out of this mud hole?"

A white girl and an Indian boy were on their first date, and this was like in 1930. The boy wanting to please the girl asked her? "I want to take you to a very nice place to eat."  "Where would you like to go."

The girl was equally anxious to make a good impression and didn't answer right away. However, lest she be silent too long, she said.  "Oh dear me!"

"Hmmm!" "That's good!" The young man replied.  "Turkey me!"

You have to be Indian to get it.

Two tribes were visiting each other. The men were in council and the leader of one tribe, wishing to make conversation said, "I did not sleep well, last night."  At this he put his hands to his head and gestured like horns.  "A horned owl kept me awake."  He said.

At that the elders of the other tribes arose and came over to shake his hand. The man looked at his companion in surprise. "What did I say?"

His friend said. "Well, I'm not sure, but I think you just gave away a beef!"

An Indian man was violently whipping one of his young sons. A man passing by said. "Say now!" "Why are you whipping that boy."

"He lied to me."  "He pushed over the out house and then told me he didn't do it."

That is no reason to whip him. George Washington cut down a cherry tree and his father did not whip him to get to the truth.

"Yeah but, George Washington's father was not in that Cherry tree when his son cut it down."

At a get together of a number of different tribes the M.C. was trying to involve the crowd with his oratory. "You know,"  he said.  "We are different tribes, but we have something in common."  "Many of us here
went to government school."  He would call a name and that person stood up.

"I went to Chilocco."
"I went to Bacone."
"I went to Riverside."
"I went to Sequoyah."
"I went to Haskell."

One after another stood to tell where they attended school. Finally the last one stood up.

"I went to Gravey!"  The laughter ended that part of the program.

(For those unacquainted with Gravy. This is the nickname for the government boarding school at Pawnee, Oklahoma.)

Indian Message To The Moon
 
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo project, they did some astronaut training on a Navajo Indian reservation.  One day, a Navajo elder and his son were herding sheep and came across the space crew.  The old man, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question which his son translated.  "What are these guys in the big suits doing?"
 
A member of the crew said they were practicing for their trip to the moon.  The old man got all excited and asked if he could send a message to the moon with the astronauts.  Recognizing a promotional opportunity for the spin-doctors, the NASA folks found a tape recorder. 
 
After the old man recorded his message, they asked the son to translate it.  He refused.  So the NASA reps brought the tape to the reservation where the rest of the tribe listened and laughed but refused to translate the elder's message to the moon. 
 
Finally, the NASA crew called in an official government translator.  He reported that the moon message said, "Watch out for these guys; they have come to steal your land."

Otoe man:  "Say!  I heard O.J. Simpson is Navajo."

Ponca man:  "Shore  nuff?"  "How'd you know?"

Otoe man:  "Well, they said they had his D-Nay!"

A few years back, when I was working with wolves, we had a Mohave/Apache boy working with me. Every time, something need to be repaired or a new project was under way, we would call him in to get his ideas. Then when the project was done, it ended-up the way he suggested and most of the time better than originally planned, by the rest of us.

We would give him, a compliment for get it completed, working properly and looking good. Most of the time he would mumble under his breath, engine-new-it--t. Finally, one day I asked, what he meant and why he always mumbled, under his breath.

This Injun knows what he was doing. What about you?

True Story

Donna this is the only clean semi-joke I can think of.
Cherel

Subject: Indian and Genie

An Indian man has spent many days crossing Montana without water.

His horse dies of thirst. He's crawling through the grass, certain that he has breathed his last, when all of a sudden he sees an object sticking out of the ground several yards ahead of him.

He crawls to the object, pulls it out of the dirt, and discovers what looks be an old brief case. He opens it and out pops a genie....

But this is no ordinary genie. He is wearing a Bureau of Indian Affairs badge and dull grey suit. There's
a calculator in his pocket. He has a pencil tucked behind one ear. "Well, kid," says the genie. "You know how it works. You have three wishes."

"I'm not falling for this." says the man. "I'm not going to trust a B.I.A. employee."

"What do you have to lose? You've got no transportation, and It looks like you're a goner anyway!"

The man thinks about this for a minute, and decides that the genie is right.

"OK, I wish I were on a lush reservation with plentiful food and drink."

***POOF***

The man finds himself on the most beautiful rez he has ever seen, surrounded with jugs of Rum and platters of delicacies.

"OK, kid, what's your second wish."

"My second wish is that I were rich beyond my Chiefs wildest dreams."

***POOF***

The man finds himself surrounded by treasure chests filled with rare gold coins and precious gems.

"OK, kid, you have just one more wish. Better make it a good one!"

"Ok, I wish I would be desired and loved by everyone?"

***POOF***

He is changed into a crunchy chocolate bar.

The moral of the story?   If the B.I.A  offers you anything, for sure someone is going to have to deal  with some nuts.

Subject: You know your a Rezzer when....

You know your native when you can relate to the following.......

This is a good one. Add on if have something.

28. When somebody falls down, you laugh first, then ask if they're okay.
27. You know people by their nicknames, and forget their "real" names.
26. By the age of 13 your an expert at driving where as other children off rez at the age of 15 are learning how to back out of a 12 foot drive way.
25. When listening to the scanner you can usually look out your window to see the action. yeee!!!
24. There is at least one car parked in your yard, missing parts, maybe a door, probably sitting on blocks... Yah your gonna get her running one of these days, damn that's a good car!!
23. Most injuries can be fixed at home, going to the clinic is torture in its self.
22. You at some point have cried while watching Smoke Signals, or Pow-wow Highway.
21. Most of the knowlege you've gained about the world abroad comes from the discovery channel.
20. Your trusted pup is a fine heinz 57 mix who has never seen a liesh, leash.
19. Someone near your home if not you has their house painted in some type of easter egg coloring.
18. The local mechanic's garage is his yard.
17. Your trained in the fine art of wiring vehicles, and opening door locks.
16. An essential thing to have in your house is duct tape, or wd40, they can fix anything.
15. Some of the most heated debates is which one of your aunties makes the best fry bread.
14. A true delicasy is dry meat soup, and some fry bread.
13. The Chief gives the day off during certain occasions, such as pow-wows, and when the h.s. basketball team makes it to state, rather than having to deal with all the leaves, sick, emergency, administration, yep.
12. You have never been to a salon to have your hair cut, either the bathroom or the back porch.
11. Such a small community, your on a first name basis with the entire police force.
10. You have your own dialect and can usually tell what rez another native is from by their speech and features.
9. One of the main words in your vocabulary is "annet".
8. Out of all the cheeses you've sampled there is only one that you really like, heh, heh, you know what i'm talkin about, and it's only available on yep, "the rez".
7. You point with your chin, or your lips, instead of your hands.
6. Your car has at one point in time been held together by some type of adhesive, duct tape, crazy glue, some wire, or bubble yum, aye don't laugh I tried it, it works.
5. When you go to town for groceries, half the rez is in town too.
4. You have tried to use one of the following excuses for a hickey, it's a rug burn, an allergic reaction, you fell, you were pinched, heh, heh, don't bother they never work.
3. Your third cousin is just as close to you as one of your brothers or sisters.
2. You in a room with three other natives can pin point anyone else in the near by area with the vaguest of details. Finally the number one sign that you are a true native is,
1. No meal is complete with out bread, whether it be Italian, french, chinese, still needs bread.

What do you hear?

A Native American and his friend were in downtown New York City, walking near Times Square in Manhattan. It was during the noon lunch hour and the streets were filled with people. Cars were honking their horns, taxicabs were squealing around corners, sirens were wailing, and the sounds of the city were almost deafening. Suddenly, the Native American said, "I hear a cricket."

His friend said, "What? You must be crazy. You couldn't possibly hear a cricket in all of this noise!"

"No, I'm sure of it," the Native American said, "I heard a cricket."

"That's crazy," said the friend.

The Native American listened carefully for a moment, and then walked across the street to a big cement planter where some shrubs were growing. He looked into the bushes, beneath the branches, and sure enough, he located a small cricket. His friend was utterly amazed.

"That's incredible," said his friend. "You must have super-human ears!"

"No," said the Native American. "My ears are no different from yours. It all depends on what you're listening for."

"But that can't be!" said the friend. "I could never hear a cricket in this noise."

"Yes, it's true," came the reply. "It depends on what is really important to you. Here, let me show you."

He reached into his pocket, pulled out a few coins, and discreetly dropped them on the sidewalk. And then, with the noise of the crowded street still blaring in their ears, they noticed every head within twenty feet turn and look to see if the money that tinkled on the pavement was theirs.

"See what I mean?" asked the Native American. "It all depends on what's important to you."

INDIANS OUTSMART THE ARKIE, Again.

Two Indians and an Arkansas Hillbilly were walking in the woods, all of a sudden one of the Indians ran up a hill to the mouth of a small cave. "Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!" he called into the cave and then he
listened very closely until he heard an answering, "Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!" He tore off his clothes and ran into the cave.

The Arkie was puzzled and asked the other Indian what that was all about, was the other Indian crazy or what?

"No," said the Indian. "It is our custom during mating season when Indian men see cave, they holler 'Wooooo Wooooo! Wooooo!' into the opening. If they get an answer back, it means there is a girl in there waiting to mate."

Just then they saw another cave. The Indian ran up to the opening of the cave stopped, and hollered, "Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!" Immediately, there was an answering "Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!" from deep inside the cave. He tore off his clothes and ran into the cave.

The Arkie wandered around in the woods alone for a while, and then he came upon a great big cave. As he looked in amazement at the size of the huge opening, he was thinking, "Hoo, man! Look at the size of this cave! It is bigger than those the Indians found. There must be some really big, fine women in this cave!" He stood in front of the opening and hollered with all his might, " Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!"
He grinned and closed his eyes in anticipation, and then he heard the answering call,
"WOOOOOOOOO! WOOOOOOOOO! WOOOOOOOOO!" With a gleam in his eyes and a smile on his face, He raced into the cave tearing off his clothes as he ran. 

The following day, the headline of Newspaper read.....
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"NAKED ARKANSAS HILLBILLY RUN OVER BY FREIGHT TRAIN."

Never trust little old Indian women:

A little old Indian woman went into Republic National Bank with a sack full of money. She plopped it onto the desk of the Bank president as she had wrangled her way into his office. He was an Indian man.

"Where did you get money like this?" he asked her.
"Well, you see."  She answered him. "I make bets."
"Bets?"  He wanted to know.
"Yes."  She replied. "For instance, I'll  bet you 25,000. you are not brown all over." "I bet that under your shorts you are white."
"The Indian president of the Bank told her, "Well, I will take that bet."  "I am brown all over."
"Okay,"  the wily old lady agreed.  "However, tomorrow when we close the bet, I want my attorney with me. He is Indian too.
"Okay! Okay."  The president of the bank was agreeable. When he went home though he double checked to see if he was brown all over. After all 25,000. was at stake.
The next day when the little old Indian lady came in with her attorney, the president was ready for her.
The little old Indian woman told him. "I am not going to take your word for it." "I want to see if you are brown all over."
The president thought for a moment and decided since it was, after all, 25,000 he would, indeed, drop his pants to show the little old Indian woman he was brown all over, which he did.  He looked over at the Indian attorney who was banging his head against the wall.
"Why is he doing that?"  The president asked.
The little old Indian woman answered, "Because I bet him 165,000. that the President of the Republic National Bank would drop his pants for me.

You may have thought your ancestors knew all about buffalo hunting but here is a corollary. I have not seen anyone explain this as well as Cliff Clavin, on Cheers.

One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm. and here's how it went: "Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. "In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

New Words" Words not found in the dictionary but should be:

Commodify (kah MOD if eye):
uncanny ability of Indian women to convert the ingredients of any standard cookbook recipe to commodity ingredients such as powdered milk, powdered eggs and canned meat.

Powwowvow (pow wow vow):
the standard pledge of the pow-wow Romeo:  "Sure, Baby, I'll meet you at the next pow-wow. You're the only jingle dress dancer for me. Really! Look at this face.  Would I lie?"

Moccashoe (Mock ah shoe):
contemporary dancer footwear designed by beading the top of tennis shoes or aquasocks instead of making moccasins the old-fashion way.

Skinship (SKIN-ship):
the eventual relative connection that all Indian people, discover within 10 minutes of meeting each other.

Vis-a-cheese (VEES ah cheez):
mode of exchange in which a block of commodity cheese can purchase other goods or services.

Indinferior (IN din FEER ee your):
a manifestation of self-oppression; the practice of Indians looking down on other Indians for either not speaking the language or not being full-blood or not participating in ceremonies or not living in the rez or not wearing braids or not dancing in pow-wows or not having--, etc., etc., etc., blah-blah, blah-blah.

BIease (BEE EYE eez):
an affliction within the Bureau of Indian Affairs characterized by the inability to keep track of millions of dollars.

Snaggravated (SNAG ra vayt ed):
the annoying feeling one gets upon realizing that last night's snag isn't quite as hot in the light of day.

Triballistic (tribal ISS tik):
to become irrational and incoherent upon hearing the latest self-serving, short-sighted and illogical decision made by the local tribal council.

Rezercise (REZ er size):
the involuntary health regime of walking everywhere on the rez since your Indian car broke down for good.

Fordrum (FORD drum):
the instrument used for singing purposes when a regular drum is not available; usually the dented hood of a one-eyed Ford.

Frybreadth (FRY bredth):
a unit a measurement based on the standard size of a piece of auntie's frybread.

AlterNative (alter NAY TIV):
an individual who was born and raised in the non-Indian culture but recently "discovered" a "hidden" Indian ancestor so now uses pithy Indian phrases.  Assumes a name such as Laughing Rainbow, White Wolf or Dreams of Eagles.  Calls all Indian people Brother and Sister and wears genuine Hong Kong beadwork; usually found in the East and West coast region but had documented sightings in other regions as well.

Councilmenopause (cown sil MEN oh paws):
a disorder characterized by hot flashes, profuse sweating, impairment of speech and loss of memory; normally occurs only to tribal councilmen when cornered by an angry tribal member or constituent.

Disunderstanding (DISS under stand ing):
when white people think that they understand why tribes and individual Indians are the way they are, but attribute any and all behavior to the culture or the race.