Issues Native People Face

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Native people have been lied to, discriminated against, belittled, and forced out of their lands. Over many years, Native people have claimed some of their independence, but they still face many issues today. One of the issues that Native people currently face is racism. We have all heard about black rights movements, but you do not hear a lot about Native people’s rights movements even though 1% of the population makes up for 2% of all police brutality killings (NoiseCat, 2015). Along with facing police brutality, Native people also face racism in court. Due to the Major Crimes Act, tribal courts are not able to try any major crime cases, which land those cases in federal courts, often leading to a longer sentencing (NoiseCat, 2015). Courts …show more content…
For example, many sports teams have names related to American Indians, but do you see any Native Americans playing on those teams? Does the team show any type of honor or give out any type of education about Native people whom they are named after? The answers to these questions are no. Often times these sports teams dress their mascots up with feathers, warpaint, buckskins, beads, and spears to make them resemble Native people. Teams that are named after Native people and/or dress their mascots up to resemble “Indians” say that it is a way to honor them, but it is actually a racist practice against Native people. For example, the term “redskin” from the Washington Redskins football team is actually a racial slur, equivalent to calling a black person a Niger (Churchill, 1994, pp. 66-68). The 'Secondary' of the 'Secondary' of the 'Secondary' of the 'Secondary' of the 'Secondary' of the 'Secondary' of the 'Secondary' of the 'Secondary Finally, Native people experience many …show more content…
When going to the grocery store, clerks are asked to see identification if a Native person is writing out a check, but do not ask for any identification if a person is non-Native. Waitresses have asked for native people to pay their bill upon their dinner being served, assuming they would not pay their bill (Mihesuah, 1996, pp. 113-114. See also All of these instances of discrimination toward Native people have been based off of the stereotype that they are financially unstable. Indians often lose their voice when trying to create things such as books or movies to educate people about Indian events and culture because people believe that Indians are not smart. Instead, most books and movies about the topic are created by non-Indian people that give a different, and sometimes false perspective of Indian culture and history (Mihesuah, 1996, p. 114). Many Natives have experienced low self-esteem, frustration, a sense of helplessness, and anger due to the effects of stereotypes and racism. People choose to believe the racist imagery of Native people instead of becoming educated on the topic and actually learning about Native
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