Native Americans have a higher unemployment and poverty rate when compared with the national average, but the rates are comparable to those of blacks and Hispanics. Native Americans sometimes deal with economic injustice. Many say the federal government is not giving American Indians enough money to combat these problems.
The Native American culture is sometimes looked on to by many people in the United States today. What many do not realize is that about twenty-five percent of Native Americans are living in poverty (Rogers et al 2010). As Cecilia Fire Thunder, the former chief of the Lakota tribe on the Pine Ridge reservation, , “We are held back by inadequate funding.” When it comes to education, health care, and various other problems
The Native American culture is sometimes looked on to by many people in the United States today. What many do not realize is that about twenty-five percent of Native Americans are living in poverty (Rogers et al 2010). As Cecilia Fire Thunder, the former chief of the Lakota tribe on the Pine Ridge reservation, , “We are held back by inadequate funding.” When it comes to education, health care, and various other problems