Not all Native American tribes have their own land
There are approximately 326 tribal land areas in the U.S., in comparison to only 574 federally-recognized tribes. Out of all the tribes that do have land, it’s on average only 2.6 percent as large as the territory they used to have before colonization.
Most tribes were forced by the U.S. government to relocate, with no other place to go. It’s well known that 22% of Native Americans live on tribal lands, stats that were proved by the 2010 Census. Even so, a 2014 study conducted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development discovered that 68% of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives live on or close to their homelands.
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This is deeply disturbing. Many of us don’t think to reeducate ourselves. Our history that is taught in school is all lies. I am Iriquois, from the northern NY state into Canada’s Quebec providence. My great great great grandmother was full blooded Iriquois, Seneca. I am proud of that and I respect all the tribes.
My maternal grandmother was a Onondaga Iroquois. I learned a lot of my Indian heritage from my grandfather. I am proud to be part of this history. Thank you for this history lesson.
It was very interesting would enjoy reading more about this as my mother was native American
What’s interesting to me, where did the ‘native’ Americans come from. If we complete a more intense historical search, the ‘native’ American came from Filipino islands which really complicate the ‘American’ claim. When tracing historical facts, we should not stop searching when we get the results we’re looking for. History requires accuracy to the historical beginning. When a complete line of heritage is gone because a ‘wacko’ kills them all, that doesn’t change historical facts!
I would think the term “native” applies to the indigenous people living here when the first Europeans came to these shores.
The truly “native” people going all the way back would all be from Mesopotamia!
Short paragraphs but loaded with precise facts .Very inspiring and informative.
Looking forward to more information .History taught never much of any facts of actual history,facts marred in time.
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