Native American Tribes

www.klamathtribes.org/culture/

The first site I found was for the Klamath tribes, Klamath, Modoc and Yahooskin in Oregon. The site has a page for their history which contains information about them from the 19Th century. It mentions their first interactions with the white people, these were explorers, missionaries, settlers and ranchers. It discusses how they left their marks but does not go into detail with the only bad mention of them being 'After decades of hostilities with the invaders, the Klamath Tribes ceded more than 23 million acres of land in 1864 and we entered the reservation era.'. It then goes on to discuss their eagerness to turn new economic opportunities to their advantage and had much success in the cattle industry.

The information on the present on the site talks about how they are still serious about achieving economic self- sufficiency as they feel this is a way to control their own destinies. I found that there is not much information on the present and how their tribe is surviving today, it mainly focuses on what their missions are "The mission of the Klamath Tribes is to protect, preserve, and enhance the spiritual, cultural, and physical values and resources of the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Peoples, by maintaining the customs and heritage of our ancestors."




www.snowwowl.com/peopleinuit1.html

The second site I found was not for a specific tribe but for the 'Inuit' people living in the Arctic. The site is very focused on the success of a place called Pond Inlet (Mittimatalik), Baffin Island, Canada and the business' based on the island, it is also very proud of its national park. It also mentions the changes that have been made to their way of living and how they've had to modernise themselves to survive. It then goes on to talk about how the change of economy on the island has led to some Inuits being unemployed, or becoming suicidal and gaining addictions which has been a big problem for the island. This is not mentioned in the first tribes website I found and shows the difference in success and failure between tribes. I then looked at the history of the Inuits and it seemed strange to me that they only mention the positive side to their history, there is no mention of the struggles they went through considering how it has led them to many problems today.

I feel that these sites should go into detail about their struggles as many Americans are not knowledgeable about the subject and should be informed of some Native Americans situations.