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    The Native American Reservations Imagine being told that if you migrate to a certain location you'll be helped with nutrition and your finance will be covered. Sounds good right? Well this is what the American government promised the Native Americans. A promise that wasn't granted. Many reservations have actually created a sense of confinement and detachment. The reservations have limited resources which separates them from the American Culture and society. This is shown through the laws we've

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    The largest Indian reservation in the United States is that of the Navajo Nation. It stretches around a total of 27,096 square miles. (Biggest Indian Reservations In The United States) The United states is a total of 3,718,710 square miles. (Geography Statistics Of United States Of America) The Navajo Nation Reservation is only .0072% of the total square miles that make up all of the United States of American, that really pales in comparison. This shows how much land that the Native Americans are

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    The use of online services nowadays becomes more necessary in the various fields. It is because of the advantage and useful effects to many people when it comes to online reservation because our society is facing rapid growths of need, availability and development of different commercial web-based application. The online reservation services differ from the traditional mode in the capacity to provide services regardless of temporal and spatial constraints. They are also different from traditional interpersonal

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    Gambling On Indian Reservations: The Hope For A Nation   About thirty miles off the highway and down a dirt road, you'll see the silhouette of a woman inside her house. She is exhausted, staring as the dust from the dirt floor mixes with the sunlight flowing through the holes the walls. She looks around and knows her life is in shambles. Her house is nothing more than rotting boards and rusted metal roofing. She has no electricity or indoor plumbing. Her only furniture is a moth-eaten couch

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    accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities. As internet technology has improved, so have reservation systems. Today, it is possible through online, to make a reservation for a hotel anywhere in the world. Hotels can create Web site and post new content on it every day. Dagupan Garden and Dagupan Village Hotels are twin hotels nestled in a calm suburban area of Dagupan City away

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    decent knowledge of each type of room the hotel offers to make accurate reservations for guests. Must be able to upsell to ensure guests have an unforgettable stay. Must communicate reservations to the front desk in an orderly fashion. Must be able to keep track of future room availability based on past reservations. Must uphold a neat and orderly work environment that is hospitable to guests (Job Description for Reservation Agent). Minimum Qualifications: Education: High school graduate or equivalent

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    Alexie visits his family that still live on the reservation every month, and has said, “In any small town, eccentricity is viewed as suspicious. In a tribally-controlled small town, eccentricities are viewed with much more suspicion. His family is the subject of much of his writing, which can be painful; but they will still come to hear him participate in a reading if it is close to the “rez”. Alexie’s books have been described as making the characters as odd and complex as anyone else (Campbell)

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    story titled “The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation Doesn’t Flash Red Anymore,” it portrays a view of how the author Sherman Alexie views life on an Indian reservation. The story provides you with two main characters, Victor and Adrian. It could be said that in the story their behavior is affected by economic factors; however, there is more evidence pointing towards the men having psychological issues. The traffic light that is broken on the reservation is Victor and Adrian’s psychological belief

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    As many may know there is a huge news story brewing in North Dakota. Out on Standing Rock reservation there is a a protest going on about an oil pipeline line that is trying to be placed on the property. The native people of the land are against and have strong arguments against. They hope there arguments will open the eyes of the big wigs of the oil company. They plan to prove exactly what is going to happen to there land by placing this pipe line directly underneath the Missouri River. They have

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    Indian Reservations

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    put into reservations. Reservations still exist today; it is land that is reserved for Indians under a treaty or an agreement. The Indians didn’t want to be put into reservations, but they had no other option but to agree with the government. I looked into the reservations and they still exist today. The Indian Country Today states that there is a housing crisis in Indian country. Despite the Indian Housing Authority's (IHAs) recent efforts, the need for adequate housing on reservations remains acute

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