Nov 16, 2008

Thus far on the research paper I have picked my topic which is Native Americans and to bring the environment aspect into my paper I am going to write about the hunting regulations that exist on the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation. I go there every year to fish, but hunting is what most people want to do there. More trophy elk come out of that area than any other area of its size in North America. I have heard many times people say from my hometown "Why can't us white folk hunt on that reservation without paying an arm and a leg?"
As far as research goes, I have researched mainly about the history of Indian Reservations and how they came into being. I have researched about the Trail of Tears and why the Indians were treated as they were. I have done some research, but not much, on the actual history of the hunting on the Apache Indian Reservation.
I plan on doing a history of the Indians and how they were treated in the past, mainly in the 1800's. This will show how they became sovereign areas and were able to make their own laws. Then I will show how this happened all across the united States. Then i will show that The Indian Tribe passed its own laws on the hunting in its territory and charged a lot of money to do so. Then I will end by saying how this affects and affected the environment and teh people around that area. I am a big procrastinator and have not done as much research as I should have at this point. I plan on using many sources and researching more.