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[Woodrow]

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So would it be fair to say that the native Americans forgo (modern American) wealth and riches for the sake of preserving their reservations and their way of life?

Yes, but it is not always by choice. There is some prejudice against Native Americans in many areas. This was/is their land yet they are the ones treated as being foreigners. For some it has been a very difficult thing to adapt to "American" life.

Can people make a living in 'the old traditional ways'?
Can they be self-sufficient?

Some of the tribes have successfully done so. The Seneca and Mohawk in upper New York State have done so and suppliment their life by working as high rise construction workers. For some reason the seneca and Mohawk seem to be born with no fear of heights and they excell as high level construction workers.

Also some tribes such as the Caddo and Cherokee have done well with making and selling deer leather clothing and shoes. the Navajo do well with silver and tourquise jewelry making along with blanket making.

At one point the Sioux did very well with gold smithing when the gold mines in the black hills were part of the reservation.

 

[Woodrow]

LOL good good. How many reservations are there in the US?

I don't know the exact number but between the State and Federal ones I would gues about 100, but they only account for about 10% of the total US land population which is a raw deal when you think all of this was their land a few hundred years ago.

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

Yea that's very little compared to all of it being theirs It's really sad, especially since u said people are trying to take more of their land. At least leave them alone now, gosh.

 

[snakelegs]

Some of the tribes have successfully done so. The Seneca and Mohawk in upper New York State have done so and suppliment their life by working as high rise construction workers. For some reason the seneca and Mohawk seem to be born with no fear of heights and they excell as high level construction workers.

Also some tribes such as the Caddo and Cherokee have done well with making and selling deer leather clothing and shoes. the Navajo do well with silver and tourquise jewelry making along with blanket making.

At one point the Sioux did very well with gold smithing when the gold mines in the black hills were part of the reservation.

here a lot of tribes of opted for casinos. my guess is that there is a HUGE amount of money flowing, but not in to the pockets of those in need.
casinos just seem like an awfully sad form of "self-determination".

 

[Tania]

I didn't know the reservations have their own laws. :-[ You live now not under us laws anymore

 

[snakelegs]

i think the troll was somebody else who has been vacuum cleaned outa here.
indian reservations are, in a way, separate nations with their own laws.
that's why they can do things like have gambling casinos.

 

[Tania]

Las Vegas iys full with casinos.

The native americans can marry outside and bring the half in reservation :? or its not allowed :?

 

[Woodrow]

The laws in the US come under several jurisdictions,

National (federal) laws which apply to all, however the Reservations come strictly under the Department of Indian affairs in which the laws are established by treaty and may or may not be the same as the Federal Laws that apply to the rest of the US. some notable differences are the tax laws and property rights.

State laws apply to each individual State, the reservations are not governed by them at all. Each reservations has it's right to establish it's own local laws and the state has no power on the reservation.

As Snakelegs mentioned some reservations have opted to have gambling casinos, which are illegal in most states. However, the casinos have backfired in many of the reservations that have opted to permit them, very little income from them goes to the people.

When I am on the reservation I am bound by both Reservation and federal laws, while the Natives are under only the Reservation laws.

It is permissable for people on the reservation to marry outside the reservation although this has been destroying the reservations as there are now very few full blooded Native Americans as a result of the inter marriage. On some tribal areas the people are now less then 1/4 Native American Ancestry.

 

[Woodrow]

Las Vegas iys full with casinos.

The native americans can marry outside and bring the half in reservation :? or its not allowed :?

Nevada is one of the States that has legalized gambling. Las Vegas is not on any reservation and is not operated by Native Americans.

Yes it is permissable for people on the reservation to marry people from outside the Rez and bring them to the Rez, but it usually works in the opposite direction and the person moves off the rez with their spouse.

 

[glo]

Woodrow, I hope your absence from this forum has some happy reasons (such as being newly married, having an ever growing extended family, and a load of animals to take care of ... )

I am sure that I am speaking for others as well when I say that you are missed!

 

[Tania]

They didn't move the horses, yet :-[

 

[glo]

Ah, perhaps that's why Woodrow is busy.

 

[Woodrow]

Woodrow, I hope your absence from this forum has some happy reasons (such as being newly married, having an ever growing extended family, and a load of animals to take care of ... )

I am sure that I am speaking for others as well when I say that you are missed!

Thank You Glo. yes the abscence is because of work. Also been looking at a house in Huron, SD which has some advantages and some disadvantages.

We have quite a few options and are now trying to sort out which is the best. The House in Huron is closer to the Pine ridge Reservation. The One in Minnesota is a better house and location for the hourses, the one in Faith SD is near the Cheyenne River Reservation and the one in Zeeland, North Dakota is near the Northeth Cheyenne Reservation.

so the question now is which house to keep and which ones to sell.

we did cut the number of horses down to 11, but it is still a large herd to be moving and they do need a lot of space. The Minnesota land and the Faith land are the best for the horses. The Minnesota house is the one we like best, but moving 11 horses nearly 600 miles is proving to be a larger project then we thought. It is will take us at least 3 more weeks if we go that route.

But, we are praying deeply over it and are confident that Allaah(swt) will make the best choice easy for us. At the moment we are spending a few days in Faith, SD and going to Pine Ridge, later today to speak with some Native American Muslims we know on the Reservation.

biggest problem is internet connection. we are using the laptop wireless but in most areas we are out of range for any connection.

 

[Woodrow]

Just bumping this up for a brother who was interested in seeing some of the pictures.