I decided to choose Sherman Alexie's tribe, and the Choctaw tribe to research. I decided to choose the Choctaw tribe as well, because it runs through the bloodline on my Dad's side of the family, so it hit a little closer to home.
Sherman Alexies's tribe has a new project going called STEP. It stands for the Spokane Tribe Economic Project.
The video link can be found here: http://www.spokanetribe.com/
Some more information about it can be found here: http://www.stepspokane.com/
Learning about this project was interesting to me, since I had never found a current project like this being offered to Native Americans, I was kinda impressed something was actually being done in attempt to help improve the reservation life. Although the tribe is getting proceeds from the project, it would have been nice to see the ancestral land preserved, instead of having a huge shopping center built over it. I think they could have done that a little differently.
The other Native American Tribe I researched was the Choctaw Tribe. I found a link that pretty much explained how they have a casino that took in proceeds that would go to the tribe's health care, and would create jobs and things like that. But I feel that this link paints the picture nicer than it probably really is. Yeah, the proceeds may provide health care, but is it good health care? It's almost another example of how the history books don't always share all the details of what really happened..
Here's the link: http://www.choctawnation.com/tribal-economy
Bibliography: "Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma." Tribal Economy. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Feb. 2014.
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"Spokane Tribe of Indians." Children of the Sun. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Feb. 2014.
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"STEP Spokane | Spokane Tribe Economic Project." STEP Spokane. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Feb. 2014.
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