Why does the US government provide various benefits and services to federally-recognized Indian tribes?
Federally-recognized tribes receive benefits and services from the US government and subsequently, from taxpayers – many of whom include American Indians. The policy and legal basis for most of this assistance is known as the Trust Responsibility. From the late 18th Century forward, Indian tribes signed treaties making peace and ceding lands. Federal courts have interpreted these treaties and other such agreements as creating a perpetual trust relationship with the federal government in accordance with the understandings of the Indians of the time. The federal government promised to provide benefits and rights to the American Indian peoples in perpetuity, in exchange for their land and other resources. Additionally, the trust responsibility involved a promise that Indian peoples could continue to hunt, fish, and gather on the land that traditionally had been theirs, even though they had officially ceded it to the US government. Discussion: 1. Why is it important for all Americans – Ind
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