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During the end of the nineteenth century, the United States had formed policies which reduced land allotted to Native Americans. By enforcing these laws as well as Anglo-American ideals, the United States compromised indigenous people’s culture and ability to thrive in its society.

“Navajo trading has been a crucial component of that tribe's localized economy for generations and has been the subject of much scholarship over the years (Kiser, 2012).” Trading is what has really distinguished the Navajo from other cultures. They traded with the Spanish at first and then on to other tribes. They were first introduced to a horse from being able to establish trade with the Spanish in the 1620’s. Many other native cultures went

For this assignment, I interviewed Tony Easter, a member of the Native American Sac Fox tribe in Missouri. There are three federally recognized Sac fox tribes in the US, one located in Oklahoma, a combined one in Kansas and Nebraska, and one in Iowa. Tony belongs to a branch of the Oklahoma tribe, which unofficially broke from the Oklahoma tribe in the 1970’s following a dispute on the admittance of members through marriage or blood relation to the tribe.

When first considering the Navajo-Hopi land dispute as a topic of research, I anticipated a relatively light research paper discussing the local skirmishes between the two tribes. However, my research has yielded innumerable volumes of facts, figures and varying viewpoints on a struggle that has dominated the two tribes for over 100 years. The story is an ever-changing one, evolving from local conflict to forcible relocation to big business interests. The incredible breadth of the dispute's history makes it impossible to objectively cover the entire progression from all viewpoints. I will therefore focus on current issues - and their historical causes - facing the two tribes as they mutually approach

The Navajo Nation is the largest Native American group in America today, and is the biggest Indian reservation in the United States. Situated in the northeastern part of Arizona and in the northwestern part of New Mexico, it is comprised of nearly ten million acres, or roughly fifteen thousand square miles. In this research paper the author will discuss at least three aspects of the Navajo culture that will include the kinship that the Navajo have with each other, the social structure within Navajo society, the economic organization that sustains the culture and their beliefs and values that

The Treaty of 1849 was the initial contacts between the United States and the Navajo. This treaty allowed for fort and trading posts to be developed in Navajo land, with this agreement the US promised “donations, presents, and implements, and adopt such other liberal and humane measures, as said Government may deem meet and proper.” (Indian Affairs Laws and Treaties, n.d.).

The times have changed, but the spirit lives on. The Navajo are a Native American tribe that resides as their own nation in the southwestern part of the United States. The land consists of desert and mountains, so the Navajo had to learn many skills to live and adapt with the land. They gathered plants and nuts to eat, hunted animals for meat, and used the skins to keep warm at night as the temperature in the desert drops to below freezing. As times changed the Navajo adapted their skills to benefit them. They got herds of goats and sheep and used wool from the sheep to weave amazing blankets. Today, the Navajo tribe teaches their cultural traditions and beliefs to their children and followers. They believe nature is sacred and they give thanks to the animals and plants they use for food. The Navajo passed on their beliefs that the people emerged into the world to escape a flood in the lower world. The Navajo also tell many stories to show respect for nature and the spirits and neglect the ones of being treated unlawfully. The Navajo Nation allows these people to try and maintain the lifestyle that their ancestors lived, with some modern exceptions. Most Navajo people live on the reservations, but sadly, they are poverty stricken. However, it is a place where they are sheltered from a growing society. Due to all of this, the Navajo’s unique traditions and beliefs, along with its prior mistreatment, justify the formation of their own nation.

Carelessness, manipulation, apathy, these words convey the actions against the Navajo Nation by outside parties like mining companies. Throughout history, Native Americans have generally been taken advantage of by outsiders; and this trend is a common theme between the articles Coal Mining On Navajo Nation In Arizona Takes Heavy Toll and Navajo Nation Slams Door on Deal That Would Have Allowed Uranium Mining. The first article evaluates the effects of coal mining on the Navajo Nation. The second article gives an overview if the troubles of the Navajo due as they try to prevent uranium mining on their land. Despite the difference in how each article approaches the common theme of exploitation, both use examples of how the detrimental consequences resulting from the mining and the selfish acts of

As stated above, many federal and state programs and policies have been issued to help provide Native American Indians with resources to operate small businesses, however, some of the programs and policies have failed and have been proven ineffective in ensuring long-term tribal economic success. For example, according to Native Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Communities, these policies tend to fail because they focus only on starting businesses rather than sustaining them over time, they pay little attention to the political environment on reservations, and they recognize indigenous culture only as a resource that can be sold, rather than a valid guide that shapes development strategies. Also, the policies and programs fail to provide proper education on how to operate a successful business. As a result of this, Native American Indians are able to start their businesses, but unable to keep them running, therefore, they are stuck with unsuccessful businesses,

By the time of the Civil War, the Navajos had developed into a pastoral people, who had used their land to graze sheep. To those who complained of designating Bosque Redondo as a reservation to the Navajos, he retorted that the Navajos in being removed, were being forced to give up land far more valuable. Carleton noted this pastureland for its richness, and claimed that the Navajo land was, “unsurpassed as a pastoral region, in the whole world” stating that the size of the land being given up by the Navajo was the “size of Ohio” The richness of the Navajo homeland had allowed more than just grazing for their sheep, but also hosted the growth of other plants, such as peach orchards. Unfortunately for the Navajos, removal did not open up a host of rich new agricultural land to the tribe, and at Bosque Redondo they faced a far less fertile

American Indian policy in the US had been ever-changing but as westward expansion began the reservation system, rather than cohabitation, was the most popular method for the theoretical protection of native groups. Disregarding the shortcomings of the reservation system, American Indians could live and practice their beliefs as they always

The Navajo, also known as Dine`, are some of the first Indians who set foot in America. The primary mode of subsistence for any culture means a way of supporting life. The Navajo’s primary modes of subsistence are pastoralists. How does a pastoralist society impact beliefs and values, healing and sickness, and kinship of the Navajo culture? These are the three aspects I plan to discuss and prove that the Navajo Nation is a Nation within a Nation.

The Navajo, also known as the Diné, are one of the largest Native American Tribes in the world. Their culture is made up of very distinct and unique characteristics that have been passed down from generation to generation. They have been taught to adapt to their surroundings and to the land. Each moral, standard, belief and value are what make the Navajo so unique to the Native Americans. In the following, their primary mode of subsistence, kinship system, beliefs, values, and economic organizations will be briefly examined to gain a better knowledge of the Navajo culture.

With the federal government’s support, many Native tribes have constructed Native Governments and Corporations where the rights to land and money are placed to their own responsibility. What this actually means is that the rights of the people’s land and monetary bonds are transferred from governmental trust to

India’s Constitution adopted in 1950 had established parliamentary form of democracy and India has been a republic with universal adult suffrage, which has contributed to significant stability of political system. It is a now a federation with 28 States and seven Union territories. While the largest State (Uttar Pradesh) has a population of 166 million the smallest State (Sikkim) has a population of only 0.54 million. India is a poor country where a large section of the population cannot afford all these. The matter is made worse due to the fact that our economy does not provide adequate employment opportunities so that poor people can get jobs and earn income. Hence eradication of poverty and unemployment is a major challenge before the economy.