What Are The Problems Faced By Native Americans

Imagine having to live in a compact home with a large household, not having access to medical facilities and struggling to find a job that can support your family. For many Native Americans, there is no need to imagine any of that because they are forced to live a life like that already. For many years now, Native American reservations have struggled with creating suitable living conditions which creates a very difficult environment for one grow up in or raise their children. Because of poor health conditions, unstable job market and terrible housing; Native American reservations have developed some of the worst living conditions for humans, here in the United States.
For some people, having to drive for more than 10 minutes to a medical clinic
As stated in Native Americans and Jobs,” Native America continues to struggle to recover from a long history of subjugation. As President Obama recently remarked, “The painful legacy of discrimination means that . . . Native Americans are far more likely to suffer from a lack of opportunity—higher unemployment, [and] higher poverty rates” (Austin 1) Native Americans are still trying to overcome diversity in the work environment even after so many years. Due to such high discrimination towards Native Americans, not only is it difficult to get hired for a job when they eventually do land a job they still have to deal with discrimination in the workplace. The article goes on to state, “One major factor behind the high poverty rates and low wealth of American Indians is their low rate of employment. The Native American unemployment rate is considerably higher than the white rate (Austin 2013). Without work, it is difficult for an individual to rise out of poverty; without a well-paying job, it is difficult to save, purchase a home, and build wealth. Thus, increasing Native American employment is necessary for addressing Native American poverty, and is a foundational step toward building Native American wealth.” (Austin 1). What the author is basically stating there is that due to the low number of Native Americans working, that has caused poverty rates to rise within reservations and caused many Natives to remain with very little wealth. However, if more Native Americans began to work we would see employment rates rise which would cause a snowball effect that will lower poverty rates and increase the number of wealthy Natives. But sadly, that can not happen without the job market itself bettering itself first and discrimination towards Native Americans getting