Nurse the First Americans so They can Blossom as a Rose

   I would for a day when Native Americans forge to the front of America's society, when they become greater among this society, when they, so to speak, blossom as a rose.

   And, I look at how so much of our job force is shifting to home employment, and consider that this could be an opportunity for these First Americans. For the better part of two centuries now, many First Americans have been on reservations, where exists little in the way of job opportunities. This, then, is part of the chance we have to help the First Americans escape from their lives of poverty. 

   I think of a Christmas zoom call I was part of, and of how someone spoke of doing Covid tracing, and of how her state had been in need of more of these Covid tracers. I would imagine much of that work is being done by phone.

   Could we not look for opportunities such as this to employ those on the reservations? 

   But, do not let it stop there. Look for opportunities to place other job opportunities on the reservations. Our states have economic-development arms, luring hi-tech firms. Could these economic-development teams target hi-tech employment for the reservations? Many hi-tech companies might not fit on the reservation, as larger employment bases are needed. But, let our economic-development agencies watch for those opportunities that might fit. 

   And, whether it be the economic-development arms or the state education departments or the education departments, let's train those on the reservations for working in the hi-tech industry. I think of Western Governors University, and of how that online university exists. Could not a modest such university be created to train First Americans who live on the reservations? Or, instead of creating a new such university, couldn't the Western Governor's University be utilized to train those on the reservation?

   I look for the day the First Americans will blossom as a rose. I think of scriptures that speak of nations being as nursing mothers and nursing fathers for the tribes of Israel. To some, the First Americans are among the tribes of Israel. Let America, then, look to nurse them towards a greater role in our society.

   That government oversees those on the reservation, and cares after the First Americans on the reservations, is much a fulfillment of the revelation that kings shall be their nursing fathers and nursing mothers. Now, let us step up, and do more, and nurse the First Americans into a greater position in our society.