"Only 48 tribes earn more than $10 million a year on gaming." That's 48 tribes out of 557 in America. A "more typical" casino for a gambling hall owned by tribes includes 3 trailers far from an urban market and they barely earn $1 million a year. This $1 million is supposed to feed a community of people. It is no wonder that Indians have the highest rates of poverty, unemployment and disease. $1 million couldn't feed a town of Americans.
2. What is the most significant problem of trying to understand the condition of the modern Native American population?
The most significant problem of trying to understand the condition of the modern Native American population is that people try to "generalize 2 million people who belong to more than 500 different tribes, each with its own history, each living in different circumstances --" The only thing all Native Americans share is a relationship with the United States government.3. In what ways are Native Americans a unique minority group in the United States? Do these reasons seem justified?
Native Americans are a unique minority group because they are; "distinct independent political communities retaining their original natural rights", "the only minority group in America that has signed peace treaties with the U.S government" and "the only ethnic group with a government agency specifically devoted to its well-being." These reasons do seem justified in that they have taken the routes to ensure their safety in America.
4. Please find 4 specific examples of the sorts of events generalized in this paragraph. For each specific example, include a hyperlink to a website explaining the specific event, and a summary of that event.
Making treaties
They were a primary mechanism for creating reservations and to secure alliances and acquire land.
It "provided Americans of European descent with a legal justification for depriving Indians of most of the continent and confining them to remote areas considered less desirable by whites."
It was a way to assimilate Native Americans. Army officer Richard Pratt said, "In a sense, I agree with the sentiment, but only in this: that all the Indian there is in the race should be dead. Kill the Indian in him, and save the man." Thus was the prime reason.
White Americans thought that by doing this it was "... unquestionably a great assistance to the Indians in learning habits of self-government and in preparing themselves for citizenship." (quote from the site)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html5. What is meant by the phrase 'diseases of the poor'? What is the relationship between economics and health implied by that phrase?
"Indians earn only a little more than hals as much money as the average American...a third of Native Americans live in poverty, which is more than twice the rate for Americans in general."
6. Is John McCain correct in his assessment of the treatment of Native Americans? Why?
Yes, his assessment is correct. He is correct because he stated facts and those facts make the USA look and sound terrible. To think that White Americans have pushed these smaller nations so much that they have to succumb to "poor" diseases is a "national disgrace".7. Please define each of the following terms in the context of Native American policy:
* removal : doing whatever necessary, including killing and laws, to acquire what is wanted/ needed.
* allotment : Setting aside pieces of land to seclude owners.
* termination : 1950's way to "deal with the Indians", Congress should sever any ties with the Indians. It was supposedly intended to help Indians become self-sufficient but instead Indians were forced to survive on bare necessities.
* relocation : moving out of the home to foreign places.
* assimilation : to look, smell, and act like an "American" and do "American" things and be a part of the "American" culture
* self determination : "greater Indian control of reservations, less dependence on the BIA."
8. Finally, give a paragraph summary on what self determination means, and why it either is, or is not, the appropriate policy for Native American people with respect to the Federal government.
Self determination means to live however you choose and not having to consult someone else. It obviously wasn't the appropriate way for the Native Americans because they were slaughtered over the course of 500 years. I wouldn't blame them for wanting to be self determined. As a teenager I sometimes don't like consulting my parents for things I want to do, but if it involves life and death then I could give self determination up.indian removal
http://www.indianlandtenure.org/ILTFallotment/introduction/introI.htm
Indian allotment
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