Changes in Native Americans Rights

These pictures show what were some moments of the Civil Rights movement for the Native Americans in the U.S.

The Native American culture was one that everyone had the right to be equal. When the American government took control over Native American lands, the Indians had tofollow all of the rules that the whites proposed. When the U.S. Congress passed down the Civil Rights , there were only a few rights for Native Americans, but changes had occurred and the whites startedto recognize that they were part of the U.S. too.

The Indians had many reasons to be angry at the whites and to start battles because the U.S. government was being unfair with this people. All Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the U.S. are by law citizens and are given the rights of the U.S. Native Americans have the privilege of voting in national elections since 1924, but some states prohibited Native Americans from voting in local elections, such as New Mexico. Indians do not receive payments from the federal governmentsimply because they are Indians.

Today,some Native Americans tribes receive benefits from the federal goverment in fulfillment of treaty obligations or for the extraction of tribal natural resources. But still with some benefits that the Native Americans receive from the U.S. government, they have broken promises with the Indians and they are even discriminated still. Indian tribes deserve to have a peaceful life on their own land. Also, the U.S. government must respect the binding agreements spelled out in their own treaties with the Native Americans. The U.S. government has promised the Indians many things, but few had become real.

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