Life On Native American Reservations at Life

Life On Native American Reservations. Native american and reservation poverty seems to be a result of design, though one could argue that it was a result. The indian reservation system established tracts of land called reservations for native americans to live on as white settlers took over their land.

A) before the europeans arrived, many native americans cultivated their own land and hunted animals. Slowly over time, with the discovery of gold in the black hills, the pine ridge reservation was made smaller and smaller, violating the treaties between the us government and the lakota people. After being forced off their native lands, many american indians found life to be most difficult.

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For people of native american descent who live off reservations, the challenge is to see what their native american identity and ancestry means for their lives. Foundational needs were not met. Geronimo (on the right) and his son waiting for a train that transported them and other apache prisoners to florida, in 1886. I would say the biggest misconception i find is that people think they are all the same.