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The United States was built on land taken from Indian nations. Treaties between the US and the Indian nations over land is being overruled by the federal government. The federal government has been overruling sacred places on Native American land.

Everyday, the native American community is pushed further into the ground by the American government. Though they were in the America's first, there is little respect to their traditions. This article focuses on thirteen touchy subjects for Native Americans.

the issued shown here are very important issues people don't see native Americans go through. as a Native American myself I see these issues everyday such as a resent issue of a Native American being strutted by a border patrol agent was in a way swept under carpet. the article gives us what native Americans face even the issues where the u.s. had treaties with the native Americans and did not do anything to help resolve the issue but keep in hidden as much as they can.

For some Native American communities facing water problems, hope ... Many homes on rural Native American reservations and in Alaskan Native villages lack access to clean water or sanitation, and the 65-year-old Norton lives in one .... of the Native American Rights Fund, a nonprofit that provides legal representation

This website explains the statics of sexual assault and violence against native American women on the reservations such as the Alaska reservations. It explains how the tribal laws and the state laws play into wither a person caught for this crime may or may not prosecuted under the law. This website explains how the tribal representatives and congress needs to work together make sure these crimes don't go unpunished even if the person committed the crime does not live on the reservation or married to a woman on the reservation.

In Southwest Arizona, where the United States and Mexico borders meet on reservation land owned by Native American tribes, many Native American people feel caught in the crossfire between the Border Patrol and the Mexican cartels. This is an area with one of the fewest amounts of Border Control protection, allowing a much higher rate of infiltration by drug smugglers and leaving the Native American people caught in the middle of the problem.

This is a protest that needs to be address. The Native Americans are protesting against an corporation that is trying to steal their water supply without any regard of the Indians that depend on it. During the protest, non-violent protesters were attacked by dogs and pepper sprayed without waning.

Attached is a link to a website with good information on native American civil rights. With everything going on in is more important than ever to remember this group of people and their personal concerns. This link also has history on previous lawsuits

Joy Harjo is a Native American poet whose work is highly motivated by respect for the world around her, and the desire for her people to receive that respect as well. She grew up during the Civil Rights Movement and was even an activist as a student.

NPR visits an exhibit at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. to view some of the hundreds of treaties that United States of America has broken with the Native American tribes. They go on to describe what many tribes endured because of the broken promises and how the members of the respective tribes have coped with the loss of that promise (which in some cases was needed for the population's survival).

Mother of 6 year old boy challenges Texas school district for requiring her to cut her son's hair or have him face in-school suspension. Mother cites Native American beliefs as for not cutting his hair.

This article basically introduces the controversy of whether alcohol on the reservation should be legalized or not. The article explains the pros and the cons of legalizing alcohol.