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Originally Posted by Willravel
A great deal of Native Americans live in abject poverty because businesses don't want to set up shop on reservations and allotted land. Upper class is often in the $30,000 range on a reservation. Not to mention there are crime issues that stem from what seems like systemic alcohol abuse. They got a really, really crappy deal and it wouldn't take much to help. Imagine if we gave tax breaks to businesses on reservations. Or free utilities. Or tons of scholarships.
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I know this sounds insensitive, but why stay on the reservation when there are few opportunities? Assimilation is an alternative to poverty. I realize that predjudice against Natives was rampant and kept many from prospering. Is this still the case? This has happened to many ethnic groups in America. Africans, Irish, and Chinese, to name but a few, have all gotten a crappy deal here. The difference is the other ethnic groups have moved into the business and political arenas. Perhaps, in time, Native Americans will come to embrace America as it is now and become part of the country instead of seperate from it.