Question

Why do American Indians continue to live on reservations?

Answer 1

Those were lands specifically given to the Indians by the conquerors who also promised them....the conquerors stated That they would respect those land boundaries......I don't blame the Indians at this point from keeping themselves segregated from the rest of America to a certain degree .... look how they were treated. My ancestors were forced to walk the "Trail of Tears--the Cherokees) IN MY PLAIN ENGLISH......I feel that "White America" wanted to keep the Indians in their places just as they do today with anyone that they do not consider WHITE. White is not a race but a skin color. They are just oppressors.

Answer 2

Many Native Americans still live on the reseravtions because they are allowed to govern themselves. It's also where they grew up, where they have roots, etc. It's common for people of any heritage to settle in an area with others with a similar background. It allows them to create a community where they can freely practice traditions and culture. The Native Americans just have goverment boundries for these areas where in cities, they become neighborhoods (Little Tokyo, Chinatown, Thai Town, Little Armenia, etc.). . The reservations do have the benefit of being able to self govern. . . Of course, not all Native Americans stay on the reservations.

Answer 3

they don't have to be. they want to be.

Answer 4

They don't have to stay there, but other Americans can't live there.

Answer 5

where eles should they be? why are Americans still on American Indian land?

Answer 6

maybe because they are able to have what's left of their own nation and culture

Answer 7

Native Americans or US Indians, still feel discriminated, so even if they qualify for a lot of Government grants and founds, they are dazed and confused about their own bashed identity

Answer 8

Not all are and the ones who are choose to be.. . They're a sovereign nation. Most reservations are government owned land.

Answer 9

Native American here!! I have never lived on a reservation. My family has had land in Georgia and North Carolina (Cherokee) for many generations, some on, some off the rez. It is a choice. Many N.A.'s own land on or near reservations. Their families have been there for many generations and they do the same as many other people, of all colors, they choose to remain near family and family land.

Answer 10

because its all we have left. thats why.