American Indians Problems

Historically, Americans Indians (Natives Americans) had long maltreated from colonizers. In the Era of the New World discovery, Christopher Columbus forced them into work without compensation (Benjamin Bowser). And when the newcomers came to America in the look for better lives, Natives’ condition had seriously deteriorated. The colonizers destroyed their heritages and traditions. To fight this repression, they sided with every possible warrior (French, Spanish and British) to secure their culture, unfortunately, they always lost every combats or wars. Until today their fights have not yet stopped; they are victimized of many social oppressions. Apparently, their calamities appeared as an unfinished and untold stories. Even though, they have

Recently Dr. Jon Perez, the Director of Behavioral Health for Indian Health Service observes, the natives Americans are vulnerable to health discrepancies, which place them at high risk to short life expectancy (p.5). They are susceptible to many treatable diseases; diabetes, tuberculosis, suicidal etc. Also they are underrepresented in the society. Currently, one will often hear more news about immigration, guns violence, or Iran nuclear deal than the struggles face the native in reservations.

Meanwhile, these problems are important to look out for solutions, but, American Indians’ lives are matter. This politic of multiculturalist, as Marion Young suggested in her “Justice and the Politics of Difference, ‘social policy should sometimes accord special treatment to groups,” (p. 158). Realistically, this special treatment is to harsh for the Native. It places them in more jeopardy to battle for basic life’s necessity, some of them turned to alcohol and drugs for

Nowadays, people from every racial groups are resisting not for a general group interest, but, for a particular group interest. For instance, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and any Latinos groups are all fighting for their race recognition or respect. None of them will ever come together as one to contest for equality for all. For years, the Natives have gathered in one corner of the country all by themselves to fight in silent. They have long contested to secure their religious freedom from the US government suppression. For instance, in the Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protection Association (1988) case, the United States Supreme Court endorsed the demolition of an ancient tribal sacred site in which American Indians were worship. The US Supreme Court ruled “the destruction was not violated the Indians First Amendment rights” (Law Cornell). And then to give a break, in 1994 President Bill Clinton signed a law that protected their religious belief against discrimination (Carol