Title:The Dependency Curse: How Reliance on Government & Casinos Damages Native American Lives

It’s an oft-told story of Native Americans: conquered by invading white Europeans, deprived of their land and forced to live on scattered reservation ghettos, reduced to lives of poverty and endemic social problems. But there is another side to that story. It’s a story, first, of their incredible resilience through decades of separation and isolation. But it is also a story of wars among native tribes, of the taking of slaves, the building of native empires, and then, in the wake of their defeat by the Europeans, dependence on government and now–most recently–on the riches of casino gambling. Now, some native leaders contend that these dependencies may be a major cause of their alcoholism, suicides, domestic violence, child neglect, and so many other problems.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2016)

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