Native Americans - current situation

         Comprehension tasks:
1) About what percentage of the Native Indian population lives on reservations? About 50% of the Native Indian population lives on reservations.
    Where are the majority of these reservations located? The majority og these reservations is located west of the Mississippi River.

2) What are some of the social challenges faced by Native Americans?. Some social challenges the Native Americans are challenging: unemployment, drug abuse, poverty and alcholism. Possible causes of these are easy access to drugs and alcoholic beverage, racism may be a cause of unemployment and poverty because no work - no money.

3) Over which matters do tribal governments have power? tribal governments have power of taxes, to establish requirements for memberships, to license and regulate activities, to zone and to exclude persons from tribal territories.