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    Americans or Indian reservations is brought up most people bring casino gambling to mind. Approximately five hundred and sixty tribes are recognized by the federal government‚ and only about one third conduct casino style gambling. (Light and Rand 9) Reservations are sovereign nations‚ meaning tribes are "Dependent on and subordinate to‚ only the federal government‚ not the states." (Light and Rand 36) This has been the tribes "Ace in the hole" that has allowed many reservations to prosper through

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    1 Hope for a Future: The Downfalls of Rural US Indian Reservations Anna Elsen December 15‚ 2012 DOWNFALLS OF RURAL US INDIAN RESERVATIONS 2 Hope for a Future: The Downfalls of Rural US Indian Reservations The past and current struggles of Native Americans have created nonfunctional and dependent societies on tribal lands across the United States. Native Americans have a desire to live in an independent society that can function while still maintaining their long and vibrant culture

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    Systemic Poverty in Reservation Life Let’s imagine for a second‚ you come from a low income family in an impoverished neighborhood‚ and due to these circumstances you attend an under resourced school. Crowded classrooms‚ underpaid teachers‚ with students hungry for anything but knowledge. You attend this school and receive a less than stellar education‚ and because of this you can’t get into college‚ and without college you can’t hold a steady‚ high income job. So then you’re back to square one‚

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    Reservation Policy and Indian Constitution Dilip Choudhary‚ (LL. M.‚ Research Scholar at Department of Law‚ Singhnia University‚ Pacheri Badi‚ Jhunjhunu (Raj) & Inspector of Central Excise‚ Customs and Service Tax‚ Department of Revenue‚ Ministry of Finance‚ Government of India.) E-Mail Id- insptdilipchoudhary@gmail.com Address – H No. – 173‚ Sector - ‚ Rewari – 123401. Mob No. 7404258161 "It is against the fundamental principles of humanity‚ it is against the dictates of reason

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    PROBLEM STATEMENT: This RAILWAY RESERVATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM should be able to manage all the reservation related functions. The system should be distributed in nature. This system is divided into five zones. NORTH ZONE SOUTH ZONE EAST ZONE WEST ZONE CENTRAL ZONE Each zone should have same functionalities. Each zone will stores the information about train name‚ train schedules‚ availability. The administrator should be able to enter any change related to the train information like change in train

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    TO INSTRUCTOR MARC WENNER HISTORY 223 BY 18 JANUARY 2010 Casinos are what people expect to see when they enter an Indian reservation. Most people that visit the reservation have no idea why the Casinos are there and what they mean to the reservations and the Indians that live there. The Indians use the Casinos to take charge of their own economic situations; building the Casino’s are an easy way for the tribes to make money for their own sovereign nation

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    education in more than 14 reservations in the West. She asks herself : To what extent was the confinement of the Crow Indians in reservations a huge cultural shift ? How were the Indians’ traditions in conflict with the new constraints imposed by this new way of life and Dr Shoemaker’s rules ? What were the causes of the bad public health in the Indian reservations ? What was the impact of Dr Shoemaker’s lecture on the Indians’ lives ? How did Dr Shoemaker try to influence the Indians’ habits ? How do these

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    for long period. Some argue that Reservation is a political‚ social‚ economic and constitutional policy to accord justice by absorbing the SCs and STs in the social mainstream. In 1992‚ the Supreme Court ruled out that reservation quotas could not be applied in promotions of Government employees beyond 1997‚ but Parlia through the 86th Amendment bill restored the scheme of reservation for SC and ST in promotions too. The government has further given reservation to OBC ( Backward Classes) . Our Prime

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    420 million (US$7.7 million)[2] | Box office | 424.3 million (US$7.8 million) (domestic nett) | Aarakshan (Hindi: आरक्षण‚ translation: Reservation) is a 2011 Hindi film starring Amitabh Bachchan‚ Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. Directed by Prakash Jha‚ the film is a socio-political drama based on the controversial policy of caste based reservations in Indian government jobs and educational institutions. The film also stars Prateik Babbarand Manoj Bajpayee and was released on 12 August 2011 to

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    In exploring the movie Crash and the story “From Rez Life: An Indians Journey Through Reservation Life‚” by David Treuer‚ there are distinct parallels of the four models as emphasized in “Models of American Ethnic Relations: A Historical Perspective‚” by George M. Frederickson. Both contain examples of models although the degree of application of each model is quite different in each storyline. Each attempt to allow the viewer or reader to experience the emotions that come with being a part of the

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