American Indian Policy And The Indians Limited Political Rights To Explore

In recent years, racial discrimination and issues about ethnic minorities have become the international hot spot, while the United States composed by a large number of non-white ethnic must be the focus of discussion. My article selected the oldest Indians--the least population in all the United States` ethnic minorities to explore whether there was existence of racial discrimination in the United States. As the first inhabitants in the America continent, the Indians had been suffered a brutal land grabs and cultural enhancement since the established day of the Republic. In the 20th century, Indian tribes and cultural traditions have been irreversibly broken. The rise of Multicultural after the World War II give the Indians opportunity to make efforts to obtain the civil rights they deserved, but still very limited compared to other ethnic groups. No mater how the U.S. government changed its specific Indian policy in various historical periods, the ultimate goal had always been cultural assimilation. However, more than two centuries later, the Indians have not yet integrated into the white society. Their civil and political rights given by the U.S. government continued to be limited by Congress and can not be fully implemented. The U.S. Government` Indian policies ran through the whole American history, and were an important channel to know about the development of American society. At the same time, the study of American Indian policies can provide us some reference when dealing with minority issues.