You Know You're From The Rez When...

This blog is a "You know you're from the rez when..." They can be jokes or they can be serious. SUBMIT SOMETHING!

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I thought no one payed any attention to this blog anymore, so I just kind of abandoned it..... But, I got a few submissions (THANK YOU!), that was pretty freaking cool to hop on and see all that!

KEEP THEM COMING!

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You know you're from the rez when

You, ladies, wear tank top and basketball shorts to swim🤘🏼

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"Got a spare blanket?"

"Yep."

"This is a towel."

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Alternatively, your cousin weaves and everything you own is blankets or covered in them. Your shirts are blankets. You kitchen is covered in blankets. Your computer is on the floor, and it's sitting on top of a blanket. Birthday? Blanket. New car seats are torn up? Blanket. Need a jacket? BLANKET.

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when you crackin up at the kids nature books in the waiting room and nobody knows why

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You know you're from the Rez when...

you put fruit cocktail in the freezer and then eat it like a popsicle because you don’t have any real ones

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You know you're from the rez when...

As a kid you would accompany your grandmother everywhere.

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You know you're from the Rez when

You have at least one broken down vehicle in your yard

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You know you're from the Rez when

Towels and blankets serve as curtains in your house.

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can’t tell if duck face or pointing at me

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your iPhone knows to autocorrect to "prebeest" and "innit"

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your response to seeing someone stuck someplace embarrassing is to get sticks and poke them until they get themselves out

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You know you're from the Rez

If every time you see a deer,elk, or moose, your mouth waters.

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You know you're from the rez when...

You have been in at least one fight with a rez dog.

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You know you're from the rez when...

No matter your height you have long legs and a short torso.

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hello! i am a writer and currently writing a novel where the main characters live on a lumbee reservation. im trying to do as much research as i can. im cherokee but ive never lived on a reservation. could you give me some feedback about what its like? what it looks like? thank you!

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You know you're from the rez when...

You are more afraid of your girlfriend and her grandma then her dad