On The Reservation

Reservation: A tract of land reserved for use by an American Indian tribe. Interesting isn't it? Technically before America was "discovered" by Christopher Columbus, the Native Americans lived here. They respected the resources, never taking more than what they needed. Yet they were still cheated out of their land and eventually given small reservations. However, reservations still do not completely belong to Native Americans because the government has the ability to take away land and do with it what they please. Many of the reservations have key resources that we use everyday. However Native Americans don't have as much of a say in what happens with their own resources. Living on the reservation today would be difficult. Because there is so much controversy between the Native Americans and the government, money is usually low and modernization has not completely taken over. Life on the reservation today is much like it was in Montana 1948. However, I don't necessarily think that there is so much distaste for Native Americans as there once was. Many people in the book are prejudice against Native Americans and have no respect for their culture at all just because it may be different. One good example is David's father. Although David claims that his dad is not a racist, his actions and many things he says say otherwise.