Indians in the United States are faced with significant problems. Many Indians still live on reservations, in squalid shacks that don't even have indoor plumbing. The water there is often so contaminated that it is not fit for drinking. Mechanization has gradually eliminated many of the ranching and agricultural jobs formerly available to the Indians, and few industries have been set up on the reservations.
In any case, most native Americans have had only very little schooling and remain untrained for skilled jobs. Among some tribes, the unemployment rate exceeds 50 percent, and about 80 percent of the people must rely on some form of government assistance. As groups of people with their own languages and cultures, each tribe wants to keep up its traditions and preserve some of its native customs. The adults want their children to be proud of being Indians, as well as to survive in the modern world. The young people on their part, want to enter the world they see every day on television and in the movies. Like everyone else, they are anxious to get a good education and a good job. However, they have little prospect for success and become very frustrated because they usually can only go to inferior schools and often find it impossible to adjust to present-day life. In addition, they feel they are discriminated against, and this makes them lose much of their confidence and pride. The most important problem American Indians have to tackle, many experts believe, is the restoring of their pride and self-confidence. And this is to be first and foremost if they are to change their destiny.
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