Problem is they can't and won't, not only for cultural reasons, but because of the very treaties they signed with the U.S. government. It's their land, legally, and they are not about to give it up any time soon, even though it is a desert wasteland. Indians don't think like non-Indians. Land is everything to them, even when it has no obvious use to outsiders.
I am not trying to be argumentative, or insulting. But if you are poor because your land is unworkable, and there is no private or public industry going on around you because it is too far from a transportation factor, or because the people are “unemployable”—what are we supposed to do?
(I know this is going to send some through the roof) If there are treaties, then there is due process. If the treaties were/or are still being violated there must be tons of pro bono legal work to dedicate to getting the wrongs right.
I know this will sound ignorant, but aren’t these people American Citizens? There is no reason why they cannot maintain their land ownership and move to a city to get work, is there? I own property in one state, yet work and reside in another.
Help me to understand what I am missing? Honest...i think there is something that I a missing because it doesnt make a lot of sense to me.