I'm a good bit late into this.... yea oh well.
Anyway as for the reservations and such, I'm gonna agree with rattler. I mean if they want to be like those few Indians that really do want to live like their ansestors(sp) GREAT! I'm all for that, but the rest of them need to just get up, pick their butts off the couch and get a job. They are NOT handicapped! I don't care what color someone is, if they have the ability to work, they need to work, not live offa wellfare.
As for the actual reservations, I have no idea what they are actually like, and I think they ought to get rid of them. How many years has it been since the Indians actually lived like their ancestors? MANY years, and only a few of them do, and like rattler said, they aren't even on the reservations. Since they aren't gonna live like the government gave them chance to live, I think it's time to make them get with the times. They can respect their heritage and the such, but if they don't want to continue with it, then well... let them get with the times.
I hope none of this sounds racial or biased or any of that, I don't mean for it to read that way. I am somewhat in a hurry as I need to be mowing and not typing! LOL