Native American Questions.

1. Use evidence to describe the economic impact of casino ownership and gambling on Native American tribes.

- The few Indian tribes that have made it big like the "Mashantucket Pequots", have a very nice life. The others though have some of the highest levels of poverty, unemployment and disease. It shows that some of them may be treated different then other Indian tribes.


2. What is the most significant problem of trying to understand the condition of the modern Native American population?

- The most significant problem for the Indian tribes is that they are treated differently by the United States Government. The government uses them as a crutch.

3. In what ways are Native Americans a unique minority group in the United States? Do these reasons seem justified today, or should Native Americans be considered as a "regular" minority group (like African Americans, Asian Americans, women, etc.)?

- They are different as far as beliefs mostly. A lot of tribes still want to live in solitude, hunting their food, raising their young how they believe they should be raised. If they want to still do that the way they have been doing things for many years then they should be entitled to do so.

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 with them - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/apa1852.asp

- Making wars on them - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars

- Sending them to Oklahoma - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/oklahoma/index.htm

-Native children to boarding schools - http://www.kporterfield.com/aicttw/articles/boardingschool.html

5. What is meant by the phrase 'diseases of the poor'? What is the relationship between economics and health implied by that phrase?

- It relates the Indian tribes to the Americans that are poor. When you are poor you have more of a chance of getting sick, because of the fact that many probably live on the streets. One other way you could look at it is if the Indian people get lazy, have no ambition to go get a job that could help them go farther in life.

6. Is John McCain correct in his assessment of the treatment of Native Americans? Why?

- He is in a way, but it is not entirely the American public's fault. Some Indians choose to be lazy, and alcoholics. To defend him though, we may not give them the same opportunities as the average White person.

7. Please define each of the following terms in the context of Native American policy:

• removal- To remove the Natives from places that do not have resources like more populated areas do.
  
• allotment- This would be to spread the Natives out in equal distribution to different places.
  
• termination- I guess this is to get rid of the bad Natives.
  
• relocation- This would be to move them to a different place that they would feel better about. Maybe not with White people.
  
• assimilation- To try to let the Natives in and try to incorporate them just like White people.
  
• self determination- This is for the Indian tribes that depend on the BIA, they need to take initiative.
  

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.

- I believe that it is the appropriate policy for the Native American people. Self-Determination as far as the Natives go means that they need to do things on their own. Not to be so dependent on what the American government will give to them.