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The rights of Land Reservations of Native American Indians in California This paper shows an advisory report to be used by Governor Jerry Brown of the State of California. This paper describes all matters relating to the laws of exploration and extraction of natural resources in the California. It also describes the rights of the tribe living on the lands where the oil reserve has been found. The paper is divided into three sections; the research on the important information relating to the Native American Indians, the policies the government could pursue relating to oil exploration and extraction and the recommendations.
The general issues and topics which will be relevant for talks between Brown and representatives of the Indian tribes of California
The information on Native American Indians in California and US in general Native American Indians in North America are the indigenous Indian people living in the boundaries of United States of the present day. They include numerous ethnic groups and distinct tribes. By 2000, the largest Native American groups in United States included Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Choctaw, Apache, Chippewa, Iroquois, Pueblo and Blackfeet. The total population of U.S. in 2010 census was 308.7 million, out of this census; the American Indian were 2.9 million (Central Bureau, p.337) California and Arizona have the largest Native Indian Americans population as compared to any U.S states. The total number of Native Americans Indian living in California and Arizona were 413,382 and 294,137 respectively from the 2010 census (Central Bureau, p. 339). Thus, for the governor to be able to provide bilingual education for all Native American Indians, he will need to consider the large population of about 0.41 million Indian Americans in California. This is very expensive since it needs a lot of human, financial and political resources. The tribes in Californian are characterized by cultural and
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