Time to Nominate!!! :)

TOP 10 Proposals!!

1. Jenny's Proposal (http://jennyliam.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-proposal.html)

I liked Jenny's proposal about voting rights because it is true that everyone from 18 years and up have the right to vote but what about teenagers? I agree that teenagers should have the right to vote since they get to have their driving licenses at the year of 16 and they should get a chance to make important decisions such as voting!

2. Gabriela's Proposal (http://vabiilately.blogspot.com/)

I found Gabriela's proposal very convincing and it really make sense since many elderly people are left or forgotten by their families and left into poverty. With this proposal , the elderly eople will improve their life styles by their family helping them to cover their basic needs and decrease elderly poverty.

3.Ivania's Proposal (http://icolon.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-propooosaaal.html)

Ivania's proposal have to do with problems that are happening lately today with criminals. We all know that there is a reason why a person is in jail but they should have rights too. Many criminals commit sucide and have emotional problems inside jails so her proposal was to give criminals the right to having a "family day" inside jail so that their eomotional "status" increase.

4.Roxanne's Proposal (http://roxi-shore.blogspot.com/)

I agree with Roxanne's proposal not only because I am Puertorrican but because it is something that is really happening in P.R. Many people commit suicide with other people's comments or because they create stereotypes that make a person to be in deppression and with this law it will decrease the number of suicides in P.R.

5. Mariah's proposal (http://mariahcarolina.blogspot.com/2011/04/amendment-proposal-by-mariah-carolina.html)

Mariah's proposal was made to decrease the rate of women abused by making justice and creating some rights for women. I agree with Mariah in which some women take advantage of some men to get revenge of them and it is not fair because women and men are equal.

6. Nicolle's Proposal (http://nicollemarie23.blogspot.com/)

Nicolle's proposal was very convincing because she made a realistic statement of people with disabilities. I liked that she included the right to vote to people with dissabilities, to be equal, to be secured with a good medc aid, and if they want to live by themselves they should have the right to have just a nanny to help them.

7. Randy's Proposal (http://randyeloko.blogspot.com/)

Randy's proposal make sense because some veterans are stiil waiting some benefits that they deserve and for able that all veterans receive money all of the months because of equality they should lower the tariff so that everyone receive a monthly payment. But veterans are veterans no matter how much time they have been out of the army and they deserve benefits such as medical care plans.

8. Bianca's Proposal (http://travelingwithbianca.blogspot.com/)

In P.R. one of the major problems is the fighting of students for scholarships for universities and Bianca's proposal is a scholarship that would help every student to pay in time and it will decrease the fights and problems that there is among students in universities.

9. Tiffany's Blog (http://www.somethingbytiffany.blogspot.com/)

Tiffany's proposal is different of the others because she took into consideration those families that want to become U.S. citizens for good reasons and have a better life and these families should be helped to become a ctizen more rapidly with this proposal.

10. Paola's Proposal (http://mylifeaspaola.blogspot.com/2011/04/womens-right-proposal.html)

The proposal of Paola made the right for women to vote no matter if they are black or white because they are not inferior than anyone. I liked the idea that she added in which women have the right to express themselves and say their opinions just like the men did.

Amendment Proposal!

These pictures represent equality among Native Americans and whites, that means no discrimination!

As a member of the Congress, I would make many changes in the rights of the U.S. citizens. One of the groups that need some changes and other rights are the Native Americans. Most of the people think that only homosexuals, African Americans, immigrants, Catholics and others are discriminated in the U.S. but they leave out the Native Americans, who were the first ones to live in the U.S.
We, the U.S. citizens, forget that the Native Americans had been forced out of their land by the whites and imagine if they were the ones that forced us out of our land. It will not be fair for us and it was definitely not fair for them. Native Americans have had a lot of problems with the whites and they still feel discriminated and we have to stop it. Everyone is equal and is not equal and is not fair that because they have different religion, beliefs and customs does not mean that they should not be treated equal. Although they began rebelling against us, the whites, but they rebelled because we were being unfair taking all of their land. Today, there is a minority of Native Americans in the U.S. because they are not able to success in their land. That's why I want to propose an Amendment for the Native Americans.
This Amendment will include the right for Native Americans to live free in their land and being able to attend schools and have employments without any problems and also to live without any police harassment. I would also like to include that the whites or any U.S. citizens could not use stereotypes to identify Native Americans, because it would make them feel discriminated. So, I hope that YOU, as part of the U.S. Congress vote for this Amendment to be added. With these rights, Native Americans will feel equal and not discriminated for sure!

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Changes in Native Americans Rights

These pictures show what were some moments of the Civil Rights movement for the Native Americans in the U.S.

The Native American culture was one that everyone had the right to be equal. When the American government took control over Native American lands, the Indians had tofollow all of the rules that the whites proposed. When the U.S. Congress passed down the Civil Rights , there were only a few rights for Native Americans, but changes had occurred and the whites startedto recognize that they were part of the U.S. too.

The Indians had many reasons to be angry at the whites and to start battles because the U.S. government was being unfair with this people. All Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the U.S. are by law citizens and are given the rights of the U.S. Native Americans have the privilege of voting in national elections since 1924, but some states prohibited Native Americans from voting in local elections, such as New Mexico. Indians do not receive payments from the federal governmentsimply because they are Indians.

Today,some Native Americans tribes receive benefits from the federal goverment in fulfillment of treaty obligations or for the extraction of tribal natural resources. But still with some benefits that the Native Americans receive from the U.S. government, they have broken promises with the Indians and they are even discriminated still. Indian tribes deserve to have a peaceful life on their own land. Also, the U.S. government must respect the binding agreements spelled out in their own treaties with the Native Americans. The U.S. government has promised the Indians many things, but few had become real.

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The Struggles of the Native Americans

These pictures shows how the Native Americans struggled against the whites.

Native Americans treated the whites with respect and they even shared their land with them. But the whites wanted their land to make money, in which caused the Native Americans to get angry and fight. Indians could not be freein their land anymore and their form of protest against the whites was fightiing.

The NativeAmericans were very peacefuland treated the whites. After the whites realized that their land was very valuable, they did anything as possible to get it. The American government decided to do a Removal Act for the Indians, in which they were forced to get out of their land and if they didn't, the whites would start fighting and killing Native Americans. Many Native Americans tribe had nochoice than to relocate to reservations, but as the time passed, the Indians realized thuat they were not treated theright way and they were discriminated by the whites.

Later, the Native Americans realized that they did not deserved to live in such conditions in the "white land" and they had to stop obeying "white rules" and start living their normal life since the whites did not respect them. This was when battles broke up between the whites and the Native Americans. These battles were known as savage and violent, and they took place in a small area, and involved few people. Native Americans joined and killed or captured as many whites as possible and often scalped the dead. Most of the wars were little more futile attempts by desperate, poorly equipped Native Americans to keep their land and their way of life. The whites won and often rewrote history to suit themselves. Today, many Native Americans live in reservations with their way of life, religion, and beliefs but are still discriminated by some whites.

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Oppression of the Native Americans!

This is a picture of a part of the Bill of Rights of the U.S.

Many movies show us that Native Americans were the ones who always treated the whites badly and did not wanted to share their lands. This "mistreatment" towards the whites caused many problems including battles in which Native Americans always used the scalpping methods. But, guess what? These problems were exagerated in movies and it was totally the opposite because the whites were the ones who treated badly the Native Americans

All of the Native Americans were treated badly by the whites in the 1800's. This mistreatments started when the whites realized that the Native American's lands were valuable with many minerals and fertile soil used to crop, in which they could make money. The whites from the U.S. government invaded Native American's land, killed their people,broke some treaties, and send them to reservations. In the past 200 years, Native Americans have been stripped of their land,rights, and dignity and have become a minority in the U.S. today. Native Americans were once proud to live in a nation like the U.S. but sadly today they have the highest suicide rate and lowest life expectancy.

Racism in the U.S. has been a major issue since the colonial era and slave era. Major racially structure institutions included slaves, Indian wars, Native American reservations,segregation, residential schools for Native Americans and internment camps. According to the Bill of Rights, every person should be treated equal no matter the race and they should have the right to be free and there should not be segregation. But, today Indians are still discriminated since they still live in reservations and some whites even try to be far from them because of their beliefs and ways of living. Why can't they live their lifes just as everyone else, with their beliefs? They are humans just like us! Native Americans still have rights in which they can be educated in any public school and they have a higher probability to be successful in their lifes than in earlier years.

(www.docshare.com/doc/131340/Mistreatment-of-Native-Americans)

Native American Rights in the United States...What is their History?

This is a map that shows the routes in which Native Americans immigrated to the U.S. according to genetic evidence. (http://www.google.com.pr/imghp?hl=es&tab=wi)

"All men are created equal", that is what the U.S. Constitution says, but we clearly know that there are still people who are treated unfairly. There are many groups that even though they have rights that are written down in the amendments, they are treated different. One of these groups are the Native Americans, who are treated badly during a period of time by the whites but are still discriminated.

The Native Americans were the first ones to conquer and live in the lands of the United States, even before the European settlers came and discover these lands. Native Americans were and are still scattered all around the U.S. and they are related in culture and genetics. Based on the anthropological and genetic evidence, scientists agreed that most Native Americansdescended from people who migrated from Siberia across the Bering Strait between 12,000 years ago, trying to escape from the ice covers of the last ice age. Native Americans,since then, have adopted the way of living in the U.S. and considered it as their homeland. Many problems such as military defeat,cultural pressure, and confinement on reservations, forced cultural assimilation, outlawing of native languages and culture,and slavery between the 1950's and 1960's had bad effects on Native American's mental and physical health. Since the 1960's Indians were no longer safe in their lands and were dying because of battles they had with the whites.

In the 2010 Census of the U.S., there were 2.5 million Native Americans reported, which represented 0.9% of the population (http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/). Native Americans were strong but the whites started to take their lands and they bacame weak and their population decreased alot. A few Native Americans became succesful in their lifes with works such as the whites but others refused to have the life of the whites. Today, Native Americans live in resaervations all around the U.S. and still follow their beliefs and customs but I think that they do not have enough rights and they are still not treated equally as they should be, since they were the first ones to live in the U.S.

Taking a look at other blogs!

Jenny's Blog:

http://jennyliam.blogspot.com/

I liked Jennyliam's post because she supported the Indians since they were the first that lived in the United States. I agree with her that it was totally unfair how the Indians were treated by the whites. I also think that the Indian's rights were violated by the whites because of their desire for land.

Katherine's Blog:

http://kathyhistoryblog.blogspot.com/

In Katherine's post she talked about that the best way for Native Americans to succeed in the white lands was to get assimilated. I am against many things that the Native Americans had to do to be assimilated, like changing their real name into a white name. I agree with Kathy in the point that Native Americans passed through many harsh times.

Randy's Blog:

http://randyeloko.blogspot.com/

I agree with Randy in the statement that the whites showed no respect toward no Indians. I liked his blog because he added some of his opinions. One of this opinions was that although the Native Americans were helped by the governement because they gave reservations so they can live but their life would not be the same.

Ivania's Blog:

http://icolon.blogspot.com/

I liked Ivania's post because she was very realistic in the problems that the Native Americans had with the whites. I liked what she wrote that due to the dishonesty, and the things that the government promised to them and they never gave many wars and battles broke out. It was sad to know that many Indians died in this battles because they were not prepared and they did not had their firearms since the white officials took it.

Bianca's Blog:

http://travelingwithbianca.blogspot.com/

Bianca's post was about how the whites tricked the Native Americans. Many whites forced Native Americans to sign many treaties that they couldn't even read or understand. Native Americans were driven out of their land eventhough they didn't do anything bad to the whites. I agree with her because it was totally unneccessary to kill many Native Americans in battles.