NATIVE AMERICANS TODAY

Author:Jiří Novák

CONTENTS

Reservations Navajo reservation (nation) Housing Work Sources

Information Images

HOWDOTHEYLIVE

TODAY?

RESERVATIONS

More than 550 tribes About 300 reservations Some are restricted to one tribe Sovereign nations Considered US citizens Free to live anywhere Aprox 1/2 of NA population (US) lives in

cities

Guest comes to a hotel and the receptionist asks: “Have you got a reservation?” Guest replies: “Do you think I look like an Indian?!?”

NAVAJO RESERVATION

Population over 200 000

N’s are pro-educational and trying to make themselves economically self-reliant

Still agricultural nation

HOUSING

Tipi (Teepee) - traditional dwelling of Indians living on

Great Plains Mistakenly associated with all Indian tribes Made of wooden poles and hides Diameter about 5 meters Paintings on outside depending on tribe

and owner of the tipi

Hogan (Hooghan) – Traditional dwelling for Navajo tribe Plays important role in religious life of

Navajos Made of forked poles covered with earth

(except entrance and smoke hole) Entrance is traditionally covered with

blanket Now sometimes replaced with plank door

Or other traditional dwellings, depending on tribe and place

Also many Indians assimilated with white people Half of the US population lives in towns

=>=> Houses, flats, …

“Kde domov můj, kde domov můj, …” “Dammit, that wasn’t anthem of any Native American tribe, was it?”

WORK

Many Indians still keep their traditional work Farmers, breeders, craftmans, …

Nowadays a lot of them profit from tourism Showing how their ancestors lived, selling

craft or art, … And those who assimilated with white

people usually have common work like we are used to have …

Helath Authority Warning:Too much work causes workaholic!

SOURCES - INFORMATION

http://www.american-indians.net/today.htm

http://www.crystalinks.com/navajos.html

http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/firstnations/tipi.html

http://links.mana-the-movie.com/hogan.htm

SOURCES - IMAGES

http://www.puttingzone.com/graphics/IndianMapsImages/ReservationsMap.gif

http://www.navajo.org/images/history/flag.jpg http://www.crystalinks.com/spiderrock.jpg http://academic.reed.edu/english/courses/English558/

tipi.jpg http://www.montanacanvas.com/downloads/Tipi.jpg http://links.mana-the-movie.com/hogan-Dateien/

image001.gif http://www.simcas.sk/Data/716/UserFiles/Kaplanaspect/

losangeles.jpg http://www.nativeessence.com/images/NewKits.jpg

http://dreamcatcher.com/images/P/mw550-medicine-wheel-withfeathers-two-rings.jpg

http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/lens7152682_1253721127encanyons_intro.jpg

http://i2.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/250/draft_lens7152682module58912922photo_1253722318ecanyons_dreamcatchers.jpg

http://i2.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/250/draft_lens7152682module58912932photo_1253723470ecanyons_medicine_bag.jpg

http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/250/draft_lens7152682module58912942photo_1253724183ecanyons_beadwork_2.jpg