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Today's Question:
I am in my first year of college and I am currently trying to formulate a paper on the lack of support from the American government to the Native American community. I would like to know what kind of benefits they offer people living on a reservation, and/or how often tribes get financial support from the government in order to make up for the lack of natural resources on the tribe's "given" land. I would really appreciate it if you got back to me A.S.A.P. I need to start my page.
--Submitted by Kayla B.
Answer:
To begin with, this is a very broad subject, which has different answers depending on which specific tribe you are researching.
American Indians are not just one big community. They make up nearly 800 separate tribes, each with their own tribal governments and treaties with the US Government. Not all tribes have a reservation or land base. The size of reservations vary from a couple city blocks to millions of acres. Some reservations are shared by more than one tribe of Indians.
Membership in individual tribes varies from less than a dozen to more than...
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