Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian Essay

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Do you know what it’s like on a reservation is? If so, do you know what it's like economically? Do you think that on a reservation that every 1 in 4 native people live in poverty according to US news. In the book The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian you'll read about the struggles of junior a Native American trying to stay Indian while trying to fit into society. And you will learn what it is like living on a reservation. Poverty has caused Native Americans increased rates of alcoholism, a lack of education, and raised crime rates on reservations. According to “justice.gov” on average, American Indians experienced an estimated 1 violent crime for every 10 residents age 12 or older. Additionally, crime rate on the reservation is…show more content…
In the story Junior has lost many people to crimes such as his grandmother being hit by a drunk driver and his dad’s best friend being shot.The being of the chapter Valentine Heart Junior tells you that his dad’s best friend Eugene was shot and killed at a 7/11 by his friend Bobby, who was drunk at the time(p.321, Alexie). As this was all caused by drinking, which is caused by poverty. Also as I mentioned before Junior’s grandmother was killed by a drunk driver. As drinking and driving is already a crime killing some is another far worse crime which is a quite common thing on a reservation. In a study from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse reports that nationally about 50 percent of adolescent individuals report underage drinking while a whopping 80 percent of Native American youth say they drink according to http://addiction.lovetoknow.com. And more than half of the crimes on a reservation are drunk related. Looking at the amount of Native Americans drink, which is caused by poverty this is an epidemic for Natives. Plus, this does explain higher crime rates. Crime is out of hand and this is caused by poverty and this is affecting the Native Americans and this is making life hard on the
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