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Native American Oppression in Northern Carolina
The Native Americans settlers in Northern Carolina are well known as the Lumbee people (Emily, 1). The Northern Carolina citizens have struggled throughout in oppression by the present colonists of the United States; this evident from eviction out of their ancestral land to far designated places they occupy today. In understanding the oppression against the Native Americans, in particular, the Lumbee people, there is a need to gather some useful history to aid in connecting on the challenges faced by timeframe lived. Being the earlier settlers in North America, the Native Americans who are primarily formed by the Indian tribes have their present miserable lives as compared to the immigrants the white Americans who took displaced then far to the Northern Carolina. Looking at the current living conditions of the citizens in the North of Carolina in comparison to that of the central and southern U.S. there is quite a substantial different indicating the suffering endured by the population settled by the Native Americans (Lumbee people). The research demonstrates oppression to the Native Americans as witnessed in North Carolina, in particular, the Lumbee people.
Being the American citizens, the American-natives as well deserve respect to their rights like any other person in the nation; however, their case is termed different as the majority of privileges accorded to the American citizens are not enjoyed by these people. Unlike other Americans, the Lumbee people are subjected to poor infrastructure, access to well-equipped social amenities as well as less available opportunities created by the United States government (Emily, 2). The denial of accessibility to the privileges mentioned above demonstrates by its oppression by the State to its citizen in North Carolina primarily the Lumbee population. The Native Americans in the North of Carolina live in poor households surrounded with unhygienic environment mainly because of the reluctance by the people’s government which operates by favor. Instead of constructing good houses for the people in this poor settlement, establish decent roads for networking across the areas; the ruling governments have always laid a theft ear to the Lumbee populaces terming them as Indians. Representing nearly 1.2% of the total U.S. population, the Native Americans are oppressed as the minority and the marginalized group as formulated by the States laws they are recognized as such.
Labeling of individuals is not only psychoanalytic behavior but a factor that endures pain and struggle the people. For instance, the Native Americans in the North of Carolina are not just labeled as the marginalized group but fixed with challenges to live as such people. Even though the population and their living conditions provide the law with such recognition, it is the failure by the government to retrieve the people from the weak environment and offer them effective and decent services, households and social amenities as well as transportation (Richardson). There is an increased mortality rate among the Native Americans occupying the North Carolina; this is due to inadequate health facilities in the area, impassable roads that make it difficult to rush to the hospitals in case of emergencies and inadequate facilities within the few provided social amenities. The other challenge witnessed is few numbers of individuals from the area completes schooling up to the college and University levels; it is due to the poverty reigning in the places that very few people can access to quality education. Most government-sponsored schools in the area are highly populated due to the disproportionate number of learning institutions to the schooling children in the area.
The significance to isolation among the Native American people in the North Carolina has resulted to increased crime rates, suicide case, alcoholism, sexual abuse, and gang membership this due to depression caused by oppression in any given human being. As depicted in 2011 research finding showed a multiplier of 1.5 crime rate higher as compared to the general U.S. being that of male aged 15 to 34 years in the area; it demonstrates the danger in which the people in Northern Carolina are exposed to without no one to rescue their innocence (Lukens, 7). It is the responsibility of the government of the people to ensure their citizens are living in a well-secured environment without fear of discrimination and inequality. Moreover, suicide is placed as the second most cause of death for the Natives aged 10 to 34; this is anticipated to the factor that police are brutally reacting to the minors and youths in that age group labeling them as criminals as suit they opt to take away their lives (Henley and Maureen, 397).
Due to inequality in resource distribution, the Natives people through their administrative receives inadequate funding by the federal government causing shortages in working by the assigned arms of government as well as uncompleted projects expected to benefits the citizens (Antonio et al., 3). Nonetheless, oppression for the Natives people is not just as a result of their historical assimilation, mass murder, and war but it is due to failure of the federal government to impounding workable policies in ending the menace. The United States has policed restricting the Native Americans and thus provision of endless suffering from oppression as witnessed in the present day by the Lumbee people of North Carolina. Also, the white man’s mentality is significantly contributing to the abuse experienced by the Native Americans; the negative attitude held by the whites about the non-white population is devastating where the community is assumed to comprising criminals and non-law abiding individuals. The cognitive reasoning has been witnessed even in the higher learning institutions where students tend to think that the Natives cannot lead the institutions due to the backgrounds they come from; it, therefore, depicts the isolation and diminishing of people from other cultures apart from the white.
The Lumbee tribe widely situated in the Robeson County in over 130 years has fought for recognition by the federal government but all in vain until today. The long and tedious procedures to acquire justice of one’s privileges to their rights is evident as oppression against human life; the U.S. federal should indeed work towards reformulating its policies to loosen on the harsh conditions attached to identification and recognition of individuals originality (Henley and Maureen, 397). There also exist numerous differences between the food supplies found in the supermarkets situated in the North Carolina as to those produced in other parts like the New York and Washington D.C; those equipped in the Natives markets are not fresh with high nutrient contents as those in the wealthy States. The difference in the supply of foodstuff in the United States has led to the human deficiency as witnessed with the Indian Americans located in the North Carolina as well; the multi-nutrition lack is among the cause of deaths reported in the region resulting from government negligence over equality in the distribution of industrial production.
Works Cited
Antonio, Bell Ronny, Anderson, Shaw Helen, & Boberg, Dignan Mark. “Dietary Intake of Lumbee Indian Women in Robeson County, North Carolina:” Journal of the American Dietetic Association; Chicago Vol. 95. ISS. 12, (1995): 1426 pp. 1-5
Emily, Neville. “Opinion: At NC State, Native Americans are a Forgotten Minority:” Carlsbad Publication, April 10, 2017 pp. 1-3. Retrieved http://ezproxy.cpcc.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1886125217?accountid=10008
Henley, Tiffany, & Maureen Boshier. “The Future of Indian Health Services for Native Americans in the United States: An Analysis of Policy Options and Recommendations.” Health Economics Policy and Law, no. Issue 4, 2016, p. 397
Lukens, Margo. “Native American Literature:” Literature Research Journal, Jul 2017 DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.013.584 pp. 1-15. Retrieved 16th November 2018, http://literature.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.001.0001/acrefore-9780190201098-e-584
Richardson, Gregory. A. “American Indian Tribes in North Carolina:” NCPEDIA; State Library of North Carolina Publication. Published in 2005. Retrieved 16th November 2018, https://www.ncpedia.org/tribes