Native Americans Today


The European settlers of the United States treated the Native Americans badly. They were attacked and their crops were destroyed. Their land was taken away from them and many were forced to move far from their native lands to Indian reservations. They were forced to send their children away to school.
Today, there are schools on the reservations like this one on the Havasupai reservation in Arizona.
		Many of the Native American people moved from the reservations and into American cities to find work to support their families. Today, Native Americans live both on reservations and in the cities and towns of our country in homes.
Native Americans have had to fight for their rights to teach their children about the traditions of the tribes, to hunt and fish, and to open new businesses on the reservations. This is a lumber mill on the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin.
		Today, Native Americans pass down their traditions, such as native dances, to their children.These people are wearing traditional dress, but there are clues to tell you that this is a picture from modern times. Can you find some clues?

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