Native Americans Strengths

Answering the questions, “For what reason did Native Americans move to popular cities after the year of 1950?” and “What were their experiences like when they arrived in these populated cities?” is all about understanding the present history of the 1950’s and before the 50’s. The first question is answered by reading the article titled “Elder are our strength”. This article explains the history that lead to this move. In the 1950’s, the government leaders made their best continual efforts in transforming the Native Americans. The government wasn’t too fond of their lifestyle, and began making laws that would change their behavior. One of these policies is referred to the “termination and relocation policy,” this policy was created to present …show more content…
These two article shine a light on the detrimental aspects of the termination policies. The first one came from the changing of professions of some Native Americans. For instance, instead of being hunters, some were forced into becoming farmers. They had no skills in farming, but only in hunting, this is setting them up for failure. This is referred to as one of the biggest hits to their culture (Russell 2). The second detrimental event is the relocation programs were instituted in order to move people from tribal communities to populated areas of the America. The move was being pushed by the promise of job security and job training (Jaegar 1). The Native Americans started a program after this act was put into practice. The program was named the BIA relocation program (Jaegar 1). This program was made in order to move Native Americans and Alaskans. By the 1960’s, 33,466 Native Americans and Alaskans have been moved (Jaegar 1). The number of people involved in the moving is huge, and it shows the amount of people affected by the many laws being