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A 5 page summary of the problems that have confronted Native Americans in their relations with the U.S. government. The author explores these issues and discusses their varying depiction in Native, mainstream, and scholarly publications. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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have embraced a number of important concepts over time. The most important, however, revolve around land, sovereignty, and individual independence. Land is regarded as central to Native American
lifeways and sustenance yet the U.S. government has doled out this land to the various tribes, land that often bears little resemblance to the traditional lands of a specific tribe.
The concept of sovereignty, of course, revolves around the land but it also encompasses much more. Many tribes were guaranteed sovereignty through formal treaty. This guarantee, like
most others over the history of Native relations, has been essentially ignored in the manner that the U.S. actually deals with these tribes. Finally, the issue of individual independence
is one of the most complex issues interlacing Native American politics. It is, in fact, tied to the issues that revolve around land and sovereignty.
Numerous policy issues have faced Native Americans since their first contact with the Europeans that invaded their lands. Most of these issues revolved around problems caused
with the exposure to European expectations and, indeed, demands. With the advent of the United States, the problems would essentially be the same but instead of dealing with a
European based government or government, Native Americans would have an almost omnipotent governmental presence. The non-Native culture epitomized in the fledgling U.S. was almost one-hundred percent different from Native
American culture. The issue of tribal sovereignty has been a particularly important issue over the history of Native/White relations. Two perspectives
on sovereignty have been in play. These included the view that the United States government somehow delegated sovereignty to the tribes and the view that sovereignty was not something
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