The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Research Paper

General racism, environmental devastation, and poverty on Indian reservations makes it burdensome for many Native people to live according to their traditions. As many are simply trying to survive daily life, they do not have the energy, money, or time to be taught and teach their indigenous languages and cultures. For some Native peoples, their very survival is dependent on preserving their language and particular ways of life. While it does seem that some languages and cultures are in danger of being exclusive to history, it is a surprising fact to many that many Native groups have a very diverse original language and many cultural customs. With the supremacy of European-American cultural and economic identities, it is astounding to see the perseverance of these sustained livelihoods adapt and remain feasible in the middle of constantly-changing social change. Yet, it seems Native Americans deal with steadily declining unemployment levels at almost double that of the gross population. Native Americans also have overall higher poverty rates, fall severely behind in educational achievements, and comprise about 1 percent of the entire labor force(2). About 49 percent of the Native American …show more content…
The history of Native Americans is entirely made up of violence since then, as the hostile government policies of today and demolition of cultural identities further strip what were problems since the 1830s and beyond. The Standing Rock Sioux fear the pipeline will pollute their drinking water, and claim that it will disturb ancient burial grounds and has violated the terms of a prior 1851