Summary Of The Difference Between Native American And Tribal Communities

Communities are created and maintained all around the world. All countries have them and there are often many different communities in every country. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a community is defined as “the people with common interests living in a particular area”. Many communities in the United States were formed when European settlers came across the Atlantic Ocean to North America; For example, Native American tribes were common communities before the European settlers sailed west and took over the land. Tribe, by Sebastian Junger, is a book about different communities and how the way our civilization is managed leads to deprivation of interdependence and a sense of community. Junger talks about how we lack the ability to
The three scholarly sources referenced in this paper do a great job of supporting and validating all of Junger’s claims. This evidence is important to Junger’s claim because it shows just how disconnected we are from each other, and how much better of a community the Native Americans have compared to us. Being more connected allows people to feel closer with the people around them and in turn feel safer and more protected. Our society today is all about individuals and how can individuals do the most for themselves instead of how they can make their community and the people around them better. Native American communities have been able to survive through all the adversity they have faced because they are close and they are able to build a trust that is able to withstand hardship and tough times, like getting pushed all the way out west by settlers in America. If our society wants to be able to withstand difficult times, we have to be more connected and more reliant on our community instead of focusing on individuals and personal
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Riley, Naomi Schaefer. “Challenges Facing Native American Families.” Institute for Family Studies, ifstudies.org/blog/challenges-facing-native-american-families.
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