Essay On Native Americans

Crow In the U.S., Native Americans people whose pre-Columbian ancestors were indigenous to the lands within the nation's modern boundaries. These Natives were composed of several distinct tribes, bands, and ethnic groups. The terms Native Americans use to refer to themselves vary regionally and generationally. Since the end of the 15th century, the migration of Europeans to the Americas led to centuries of exchange. The Native American's complicated history, specifically the Crow tribe, can be seen through their colonization, education, and the structure of the reservation. The indigenous cultures were different from the other immigrants. Some of the cultures in particular were matrilineal and worked on a steady basis than
Living conditions on the reservations have been cited as “comparable to Third World.” (May 5, 2004, Gallup Independent). It is impossible to succinctly describe the many factors that have contributed to the challenges that Native America faces today, but the following facts about the most pressing issues of economics, health, and housing give a hint of what life is like for many of these first Americans. The Laramie Treaty granted the Crows more than 3 million acres, mainly in the Yellowstone area. However, despite helping the U.S. government in the Indian Wars of the 1870s, the Crow did not recieve better treatment than any other tribe. By the 1880s, the Crow were forced by the government to give up a lot of their hard owned land. Allotments for secure land were issued in the 1880's. Between 1922 and 1962 allotment holders let go much of their's, mainly along the rivers that ran about the Reservation, because most needed the income. Eventaully the government made the Crow sell their right to the Canyon to make space for the Yellowtail dam, cutting the Crow’s territory. Finally, in the 1980's, the state of Montana acquired ownership of the Bighorn River, whittling the Reservation down to 2.2 million