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Benefits Of Native American Culture
The Native American Culture should be saved because they are people of American, they have their own belief system and the different ways of living. Native Americans are people too, but they are treated very different from "normal" Americans. One example of a Native American Culture would be the Navajo Indians which was the tribe in the TV show "30 Days". The Navajo tribe lives on a reservation in 3 states: Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. Navajo reservation is know for being one of the biggest reservations in United States. Although the tribe is located in America the Navajo nation is treated differently. Their reservation is very poor, they don't have a lot of jobs to work at (25 jobs) so most houses are very broken down and the family's

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