How Independent Are Native American Reservations?
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Since European settlement began in 1492, Native Americans in the United States have seen their cultures wiped out, their land taken, and even what some have called a genocide of their people. Millions of deaths, alongside a subhuman legal status crippled the Native American population, and contributed to high rates of substance abuse, poverty, and suicide. But in recent years, the US government has made efforts to grant Native Americans some level of autonomy, by classing tribal land as a separate, self-governing government. So, just how independent are native american reservations? Well, throughout the 19th century, Native Americans were rounded up and sent to specific plots of land known as “reservations”, as per the Indian Removal Act of 1830. As the US...
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Since European settlement began in 1492, Native Americans in the United States have seen their cultures wiped out, their land taken, and even what some have called a genocide of their people. Millions of deaths, alongside a subhuman legal status crippled the Native American population, and contributed to high rates of substance abuse, poverty, and suicide. But in recent years, the US government has made efforts to grant Native Americans some level of autonomy, by classing tribal land as a separate, self-governing government. So, just how independent are native american reservations? Well, throughout the 19th century, Native Americans were rounded up and sent to specific plots of land known as “reservations”, as per the Indian Removal Act of 1830. As the US...
