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
Due to the government’s seizing of the Native Americans’ land, they are still struggling with poverty, even though it was hundreds of years ago. In the ABC documentary, The Children of the Plains, Diane Sawyer provides insight into what Native Americans experience every day. The film features Robert Looks Twice and his mother, and the struggles they both have to face living in the reservation. Robert Looks Twice’s mother is addicted to alcohol, and Robert faces the great consequences of being poor
exaggerate a particular situation. What about the pain of poverty? What about the pain a hungry child feels? Consider the pain a parent feels when their sick child is dying in their arms, and no one is there to help. All of sudden, this word “pain” does not seem big enough; this tiny, four letter word does not appear cable of capturing the real depth and raw emotion of the situation. Sherman Alexie makes many references to the poverty American Indians face in his book Reservation Blues. A number
modern Native Americans face, including alcoholism, poverty, masculinity, and racism. In spite of all of this or perhaps because of it Native American has suffered many hardships, and trying to live their lives in a more contemporary version. The past is both a critical and a liberating force within the novel. It is the main source of the continuing suffering and somewhat of an antidote to that suffering. There are many collections in the story where you see those roles of alcoholism and poverty
In today’s society most American Indians live in western states such as California, Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota, Alaska and Montana. The number of American Indians who live on reservations and trust lands (areas with boundaries established by treaty, statute, and executive or court order) has decreased substantially in the past few decades. For example, in 1980, most American Indians lived on reservations or trust lands; today, only 1 in 5 American Indians live in these areas, and more than
The Native American humor presented in “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” Smoke Signals and the interview with Sherman Alexie was used to deconstruct negative Native American stereotypes implemented by mainstream North America. Based on the interview with Sherman Alexie, the stereotype that is commonly projected toward Native Americans is that they are “Alcoholics”. Humor can interpreted in the book as means of fading the unpleasant reality of the constant poverty that Indians have
military provided free food to the Native Americans, it seemed like a good gesture. But the food that was provided, was low in nutritional value and put many of the Native Americans at greater risk for illnesses including diabetes. The Native Americans thought the free food was beneficial because they were unable to grow crops and lacked water supply. They were unaware of what the processed food was doing to them. Also, many of these people lived below poverty line, uneducated and were unemployed
classism, we can look deeper into the problems on the reservation as direct evidence of its existence. The reservation which was established as a plot of land for the tribe has been subject to neglect and abuse by the government. Native Americans there often suffer from poverty and a steady supply of cheap commodity foods and products that are supplied by the government. The reservation is littered with commodity housing and HUD housing
turmoil enslaved our founding fathers into living a double life of hypocrisy. “As a Virginia slaveholder, Thomas Jefferson had reason to fear the currents of freedom set loose by the American Revolution; as the author of the Declaration of Independence, he faced a more personally existential dilemma. As long as the American narrative of liberty encompassed “all men,” two options existed: either Jefferson’s words must be read as championing the destruction of slavery, and with it his livelihood and the
friendship, racism and poverty from living on the reservation that is a place of stagnation. ‘Junior’ discovers the lack of education and hope for the residents as he decides to break away from the life he thought he was destined to live. Twenty miles away Junior is an outcast in a white community and school of Reardan High, as he juggles two identities “red on the outside, white on the inside” (page 132).