Cherokee Nations HUD housing funds have been frozen. HUD is the Department of Housing and Urban Development. They provide low income Native Americans with safe, affordable, and decent living spaces. The funds have been frozen because a funding law is being review in a court decision that left 2800 Cherokee citizens without citizenship. The citizenships that we eliminated were the ones of people whose ancestors were slaves of the Cherkokee who were granted all rights of the Cherokee nation through a treaty made in 1866.
In comparison to underprivileged Americans, are underprivileged Native Americans or Native American citizens granted more opportunities?
Neither the Native American citizens nor the unpriveleged Native Americans are granted more oppurtunities than the other. As a result to being a United States citizen, Native Americans have more rights to themselves to be able to participate and take support from the society and government. However in contrast to priveliged Native Americans with citizenship in the current event; are being denied HUD housing even though they are legal citizens. The Native American citizens deserve and should be granted the HUD houses and it is unfair for the government to deny and eliminate the Native American citizenship that they have already obtained. The two groups of Native Americans are equally being limited to and taken away priveleges such as living in a safe home and recieving support from the nation. Both groups are granted no more oppurtunities than the other.
ReplyDeleteI say that Native Americain citizens are granted more opportunities. According to an article in USA Today the Native American citizens observe the right to education, housing, medical benefits, and sometimes the casinos will split up their money among citizens. Furthermore, they are accepted by other Native citizens in a better way than non-citizens. But on the other hand in the same article they say that they are taking citizenship away from many people throughout the nations. This means that your citizenship is not really ever guaranteed. But for citizens and ex-citizens, they are not allowed to sue their tribe as one sole Native. The tribe counsel of Narragansett says “"Tribes have a responsibility to look out for their members. No one would expect to recognize someone that isn't a member of their family as a family member. You don't want anybody who may be looking to benefit from opportunities, who don't deserve them, to take away from someone who truly is a member," so it seems that if you are a citizen of the Tribe than you get better benefits and also the downfalls because it’s not always candy and rainbow all of the time. In conclusion when you look at the opportunities from being a citizen vs. being a non-citizen the pro’s definitely out weight the cons.
ReplyDeleteIn comparison to underprivileged Americans, I think neither Native American citizens nor the underprivileged Native Americans are granted with more opportunities than the other. Native Americans have more rights to themselves are able to participate and take support from the society and government because they are citizens of United States of America. Although the privileged Native Americans with citizenship (like the ones in the current event) are being denied HUD housing even though they, just like us, are legal citizens. The NA citizens should be granted the HUD houses and it is unlawful and unfair for the government to deny and take away the Native American citizenship they have already gained (just because they are Natives to our country)! The two Native American groups discussed are equally being limited to, and both are getting privileges taken away from them; like living in a safe home and having the chance to receive support from the nation. Both groups discussed in Jurnee’s current event are granted the same amount of chances/opportunities than one another.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Shaniece in saying that the underprivileged Native Americans are granted more opportunities than the underprivileged Americans. As American citizens, they are entitled to have all of the same rights, and no one be treated better than anyone else. But, the HUD organization is in a way giving the underprivileged Native Americans special privileges by providing them with safe living spaces, while the poor people in America aren’t being provided those same accommodations. Although both groups of people are allowed to take part in the government and be a part of their society, I feel that the Native Americans are being given special treatment because of the HUD organization. But, I also do feel it is wrong for the government to take away their citizenship based on the rights given to the Cherokee in the past. It should be okay for them to keep their citizenship, but I do believe that they should be treated the same as the underprivileged Americans.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Native American citizens are granted more opportunities than under-driveledged Americans. There are many distinct advantages of beinga Native American, whereas there are none for being a poor, white person. Both groups could get the HUD to help them, along with food stamps and things like that, but for people who are Native American, they have special organizations and groups that will give them finiancial aid. Also, colleges are required to have a certain number of people of different ethnicities, so between a Native American person and a white person of equal talent, the Native American would probably get into the college. There are many more job opportunities and educational options for Native American people, as well. If a white person is poor, he or she is forced with the option of remaining poor or borrowing money from a bank and going back to school. If there was to be towns or cities set aside for just poor people, that would be similar to a reservation, and that wouldmake it more fair. So, I agree with Shaniece that the Native Americans are better off than other poor people.
ReplyDeleteAs we have been learning in class, Native Americans have been considered minorities throughout history and have been greatly affected by the impact. Native American land was stripped from Native families which forced them to move off their home land and move westward. Native Americans were soon forced to live in a compact area called a reservation. While living on reservations, most Native Americans were deprived of many privileges that even the most underprivileged American citizens had, including education and medical attention. I disagree with Marcus, I believe the fact that colleges are required to have ethnically different groups of students is a way to try to give equal chances to all. I believe it is also a way to try to better the life of minorities. As we saw in Sherman Alexie’s A True Diary of a Part Time Indian, the education given on the reservation was not up to the same standards as the school outside of the reservation. The main character, Junior, left the reservation school in order to try to better his life and increase his chances of going to college. The fact that colleges are required to take people of different ethnicities allows students like Junior to go to college when they may not have had the opportunity to like many American citizens have had in the past. As I have mentioned before, throughout history Native Americans have been treated like minorities and to this day are sometimes treated the same way. To answer Jurnee’s question, I do not think that underprivileged Native Americans are granted more opportunities. I think they are finally starting to be given the chances and privileges that Americans were given a long time ago, such as an education.
ReplyDeleteLike what has been said before, I do not feel that underprivileged Native Americans are treated any differently from their American citizen counterparts. Both groups of people are granted support from the government whether it be financial aid, or reduced housing. I also feel that both groups should be provided with equal opportunities. Because Native American's lives have been plagued with forms of discrimination, I believe that the United States Government should do as much as they can to help these people thrive and survive. It many seem as though Native Americans are being treated better today than American Citizens, but I think that this is the first time that Native Americans are actually being treated as they should.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Sydney and Shaniece with the underprivlaged native amaricans having more opportunities then poor American citizens. Unlike poor Americans the NA are being provided housing that protects them while other poor American citizens are living in the streets without any sort of shelter.
ReplyDeleteAt the same time there are soup kitchens for poor Americans so it is hard to judge if one has more provided to them than the other. These are both very serious issues that deffinetly should be improved so there isn't any difference between these groups. Both underprivileged Americans and the native Americans should be provided with more to keep them safe and protected.
I am going to agree with Michaela and Nate that neither the underprivaleged Native Americans nor the American citizens are treated better than the other. Each group has struggles to face such as being a minority, not getting the best education, or not getting the housing benefits. I think the Native Americans should not be deprived of the HUD housing benefit because that is unfair. They can't help it if they are poor and they aren't getttting the proper education to be able to get a good job. Therefore, the government needs to help them out. It is not right to take away their citizenship now. That would be like taking away the citizenship of poor whites. If we aren't taking citizenship away from poor whites, why should we take it away from poor Native Americans?
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion neither underprivileged Native Americans or American citizens are granted more opportunities than the other. But I agree with what Michaela stated, that just recently are Native Americans given opportunities that they were not given before such as HUD housing. And although underprivileged Americans are not necessarily given free/reduced housing there is somewhat of an equivalent such as habitat for humanity, where a community builds and pays for housing for a family that needs it. A public education is both equally available to both Native Americans and Indians. Financial aid like food stamps are given to both Native Americans and Americans if they so need them. Although Native Americans have been discriminated against they now are given close to the same if not equal opportunities as underprivileged Americans. Although Native Americans may have been granted equal opportunities later in life than Americans did, now it is pretty equal in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Greg, because neither group is guaranteed more opportunities then each other. Everyone has the same chance to make better of their life. People aren’t singled out intentionally just because they are Native American or not. Everyone has the same rights, there for everyone has the same opportunities. I don’t not think that Native Americans have less opportunities then Americans citizens, because everyone has the same rights there for they don’t have less opportunities.
ReplyDeleteI think that the underprivileged Native Americans and the Native American citizens receive equal opportunities to one another. Both groups consist of Native Americans so I don't think it makes a difference. Like Evan said, whether you're underprivileged or not, you still have the opportunity to better your life in whatever way you want.
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ReplyDeleteI think that underprivileged Native Americans do get more opportunities than underprivileged Americans do. I think this is because the government feels that they owe the Native Americans something. I agree with what Shaniece said about the rights that Native Americans get, including financial benefits from the casinos. In some aspects I think both parties receive equal rights and opportunities, but not in the cases of HUD housing and profits from casinos. Like Sofia said, Native Americans have the opportunity to live in protected houses, whereas underprivileged Americans may have to live on the streets or in group homes.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone. Underpriviliged Native Americans and other Americans are all given the same opportunities. In our country, anyone can do anything with their life. The decision is theirs. The government shouldn't give any one specific type of underprivilaged people more help than they do all of them.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kevin and how he agrees with everyone. They are both given the same opportunities. Numbers may show that most Native Americans are poor and live in reservations, but there are Native Americans who have very successful lives. Some Native Americans are famous actors, and some have a very steady career. It may be hard for Native Americans to live a wealthy and easy going life, but everyone has an equal chance if they are willing to try.
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