On the Reservation

Before America was discovered by Europeans, Native Americans were living freely on their own land. After America was settled in by Europeans and renounced as a nation founded by the English, Native Americans were forced off their homes by the foreigners and relocated to remote areas where they have no connections with. These isolated sections of the country were known as reservations. There are about 310 reservations in the United States today with about 550 different tribes. They are no longer identified by their different tribes in their own native land. Now, they are all just categorized as "Native Americans" or "Indians". The idea of Indian reservations was introduced in the 1820's by Andrew Jackson. He wanted to separate the "Indians" from contact with settlements of the whites and believes that reservations will allow them to pursue their own happiness. This was also meant to decrease the tension between whites and Native Americans at the time.
The quality of the reservations is very different from most of the United States. They live harsh lifestyles comparable to developing countries. According to descriptions from the book, Montana 1948, from the land in the reservations, it is very difficult to grow crops. Going to college and living outside of the reservation were also considered very respectable. They are isolated from the technological society and separated from the most of the world. Also, they are given limited opportunities within their small towns. We should not have relocated them from their familiar homes and should not have restrained them from the rest of the nation.