When I younger, I was taught that Reservations were for Indians that still existed. The myth was that all Indians died when the Europeans came to what we call, the United States of America. So those that still live are given a huge piece of land called Reservations where they can do whatever they want, have their own rules and don't have to pay government taxes. But now, I learned that was not at all the case. They are FORCED to live on reservations. The land was too poor to plant. Most of the people that did live on reservations were poor. Also, reservations are not for Indians. They're for Native Americans.
Life on Reservations was nothing like how I thought it would be. I thought reservations were like big neighbor hoods where kids place all day. And whenever they did do something, it would be with each other. Like go to the same school, eat over at one another house. After watching that movie in class. It sounds like they have a lot to worry about and living is not very luxurious.
I wonder how the Native Americans feel. It's not like the living conditions are very good either. How does it feel like to be striped from the place that was yours and then put into a place where nothing was desirable?
