Can someone help me answer this for class?
Identify a current issue between Native Americans and the federal government. Identify the legislation that you think is linked to the issue, and explain why you think there is a connection
2006-10-01 16:27:42 · 5 answers · asked by Eva T. 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
You need to do some research, try these websites:
http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html
http://indian.senate.gov/public/
Just try reading through them and find an article that is interesting. Then google search that issue to get further info.
Historical govt. & Indian affairs (these can give you an idea of past issues):
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Kappler/
2006-10-01 16:38:53 · answer #1 · answered by kmcdonald 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not aware of current issues; but ask your teacher if he/she knows about how the govt in the mid-19th century never enforced a Supreme Court decision that gave the right to the Cherokee Nation to have their own government, (since it was patterened exactly after our own). They were to have their own (nation) in the Tn, GA, North Carolina area.
Present Jackson, (dabbling in real estate himself at the time) did not want this to occur, so he said to the S. Court, "OK, you passed the law, you enforce it". (Which of course was an impossibility).
Also, the US never kept ONE of our pacts with the Indians; stole their sacred Black Hills; when the Indians wouldn't sell; and in the 1890's massacred most all of those not on the despicable "reservations" set aside for them.
This was all done to ensure our "Manifest Destiny" of owning the land "from sea to shining sea". The Mexican American war was a furtherence of that desire--(we offered to buy the area in the Southwest owned by Mexico, and when they wouldn't sell we engaged them into a war that resulted in our taking the land anyway, paying them $15M to soothe our conscience(s).
The above is one of the blackest chapters in US history, and it's all documented--tell your teacher that!!
2006-10-02 00:32:59 · answer #2 · answered by charly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, learn to use a search engine. Second, watch the news...
Hint: Casinos on indian lands. The government says gambling is a no-no anywhere else.
2006-10-01 23:35:59 · answer #3 · answered by xcrimsonxphoenixofxhellx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh hunny we all need help in some way gl
2006-10-01 23:31:06 · answer #4 · answered by howcor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do your own homework
2006-10-01 23:28:57 · answer #5 · answered by Chainsaw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋