After reading chapter five, I have conflicting emotions. The chapter before talked about sovereignty and how the tribes and the states are having issues with laws and who has control of what on the reservations. In chapter five, however, the states are helping the tribes with funding and programs. The states have made programs that help with health, education, and burial sights; all of which have been issues in the past. Scholarships are being made for Native American students and Native Americans have been given the chance for seats in community governments. I thought last chapter we had just discussed how the states haven't been working with the Native Americans with rights and their sovereignty. Now we see that the states have been trying to work with the Native Americans which is encouraging.
I'm impressed at efforts the states have been making towards working side by side with the Native Americans. It's about time they were given some respect and representation in the community. I'm also quite astonished at how willing the Native Americans are to give back to communities that aren't their own. The chapter mentioned many instances where a reservation has given some of the casino profits towards scholarships and funding for neighboring communities. I believe the character of the Native Americans is something to strive for. I was highly encouraged by this chapter. I'm glad Minnesota has finally begun to recognize Native Americans as equals and treat them as such.
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I agree with you that the character of the Native Americans is something to strive for. Not many people will give anything to people who stole from them, obviously in this case,the land taken from the Indians. I am also glad that there is so much respect for the Native Americans now but its sad that there are still people out there that do not have respect for them. Back in my hometown there was a guy who sent a letter to the newspaper stating that the schools shouldn't have diversity, which many Native Americans go to school around there. It's sad there are still people out there that are still in that mind set from the past.
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