Question

Native Americans have never stopped fighting for their civil rights, access to their land, and respect. Some have called for payment for lands stolen. Some have fought for increased funding for schools, healthcare, and other services. Others have called for autonomy. What does the United States owe Native Americans for the wrongs done to them in past centuries? Propose a government policy toward Native Americans that attempts to right past wrongs. What would be the pieces of this policy? What wrongs would it address? Use what you have learned in this lesson to inform your response.
What does the United States owe to the Native Americans today?

Answer 1

*There is very little interest in aiding today's Native Americans and certainly one is not giving them back their lands.
*There are 605 tribes among the Native Americans and most of them work daily to bring to the nations non-Native Americans up to speed about the continuing conditions of Native American reservation regarding schools and daily health care.
*Most recently Native Americans have brought the continuing use of Native American sports mascots to be changed. Specifically, changing the name of the NFL's Washington DC football team.