Do any Native Americans still live the traditional way?
That isn't living traditionally.....That's living as a walking history exhibit. The traditional has never had anything to do with things so superficial as what you live in, what you wear etc. Being traditional means knowing the language....the stories.....the customs....and living the spirituality. So No.....very few, If any Natives are walking history exhibits. It's odd that people like to demand that is somehow part of our cultures.
Are their any american indians that live traditionally?
i'm a traditional mohawk. we NEVER lived in tipis. we lived in large 2 story structures called longhouses and we farmed as well as hunted. do we still do that? well today out longhouse is where ceremonies arre held and we live in homes like everyone else. some of us still hunt. many of us still farm in sme way. we still speak our language and keep our traditional beliefs. some of us still live in communities with other mohawks but many of us have been forced to live elsewhere for the job opportunities. some of us are college educated and professionals, authors, doctors, lawyers, tradesmen, iron workers, etc. my question is why american indians are somehow expected to be locked into the 18th and 19th centuries to be considered authentic? no other group of people are expected to. no one asks a european if they still wear powdered wigs and knickers and use horse drawn carriages to get around. bottom line is this...we are 21st century people like the rest of the world and while many of us continue to learn and teach our traditional ways and skills, we still live in the same world you do.
Are there any Native Americans who live on reservations like they did historically?
Our reservation happens to be on a fraction of our traditional territory, so much of our culture has been preserved. It is Nowhere near the same size as the traditional territory, but thats where our "Usual and accustomed areas" gathering permits come it. Anyways, if any Suquamish person ever tried to live in a Tipi, I have never heard of it. It would rot in like, five seconds here. Only a small fraction of natives ever lived in those, during the summer time. Like the other natives said, we, like our cultures, evolove. Your still considered white even though you don't wear a wig and corsette and have adopted regular bathing and electricity , right? Well, we're still native even though we don't live the exact same way our ancestors did. We too, have adopted things. Its all part of the cultural evolution that has been on going since out creations. Anyways, many of us have been able to bridge traditional ideals with modern spins. For example, many of us value the extended family, feel obligated to serve our communities, and take pride in our heritage. Some of us still practice the old religions, or ways of life, while many of us practice ones that have been introduced to us (Like Christianity, Islam, Bahism, athiesm, etc) Many of us still make traditional clothing for ceramonial reasons as well. I like to incorporate a little bit of my heritage with my every day dress, an example of this would be a barette or hair pin carved out of cedar( an important tree in our culture) in the shape of something culturally significant, or perhaps a suit vest with cultural designs embroidered on it. Like I said, we evolve. We go back to old methods of things for spiritual or conservatory reasons, like I have decided to make my back yard as traditional a garden as possible, so instead of the modern plastic bins for composting, i use a dug out pit etc etc...
Do any Native Americans still live as they did in pre-colonial times in reservations, or are they too small and exposed?
There were no reservations before European settlement of North America. Reservations were created after tribes had been decimated by the European colonists spreading disease (usually but not always inadvertantly), occupying their land, and defeating them in wars. The native American survivors which are estimated to be 10% or less of the pre colonial native American population, were forced into reservations that typically were placed in areas that were the least desirable to settlers. When cotton cultivation became widespread, native Americans in the south, including those already moved to reservations, were forced to move hundreds of miles to what is now Oklahoma. When settlers gained the technology to make economical use of the Oklahoma prairie land, the native Americans there were once again dispossessed into ever smaller, more inhospitable terrain. Today there are hundreds of reservations throughout the U.S.. Most are quite small, but a few, notably the Navajo, Apache and Hopi reservations, occupy large portions of territory in the Southwest, typically in dry arid areas.
What are some Native Americans' traditional experiences a tourist can live in the USA?
Please tread cautiously. In America we have recently been afflicted with the concept of "cultural appropriation". This ludicrous consequence of the politics of victim mentality holds that a person from one cultural background cannot participate in any aspect, no matter how respectfully, of another culture. Thus, sports teams are criticized for bearing names such as "Indians" or "Warriors", even though liberals fail to realize that sports fans would not be expected to name their favorite teams after someone they were intending to disrespect. Last Halloween, the public was warned by the Political Correctness Police that dressing up as Moana (a Hawaiian animated heroine), or in an Indian headdress was cultural appropriation. Perhaps the most ridiculous case was a restaurant in Oregon which was shut down by local rabble because the Caucasian owners dared to put burritos on the menu, and thus deprived Hispanics of their rightful place in American fast food. I'm not sure how far this will go before the Liberal madness infecting our county dies down. Will non-Germans be able to order a hot dog? Can non-Japanese order sushi? Will non-Iowans be able to eat corn on the cob? Will non-Brits still be able to order fish and chips? Could non-Scots be able to order haggis? (Well, okay. Maybe there is some upside to this craziness.)My advice is to avoid trying to experience another culture, lest you run afoul of the Culture Vigilantes.
Why do some Native Americans still choose to live on a reservation?
It is a way of life They are the guardians of the past they carry a culture, religion and a spirit of who they are forward into the future. So when their children ask. “What were the old ones like? Their parents can tell them the stories that their parents told them. But more important they will teach them who they are. There will be the feast, the fire dance, the coming of age, the spiritual ceremonials, The crown dances, and a renewal of the people and their spirit. It is not a stagnant people, who simply speak of the past but also grasp the way of the future. So there are the old ways, the healing ways, the spiritual way, they hunting ways, but also the mechanical way and the way of the sciences. They do not leave the reservation because that is their home, their culture and there way of life. When you have no past, when you forget where you came from, when you forget who you are as a people, then you have no future. Our past is the rudder that guides us into the future and without it you are without direction or purpose. The Res is a time capsule that holds the traditions, the culture the way of life of a people. At one time it was a place to keep the people, now it is a place that preserves who the people are.Yah-ta-hay!
Do Native Americans like living on reservations?
Only 22% of Native Americans live of tribally owned lands. No one has to live on a reservation. It is only those who want to live on one who do. Those that live on tribal land value contact with family and traditional culture. There are 567 federally recognized tribes and 324 reservations. There are virtually no reservations in Alaska (just one small on in the SE). They had the Alaska Native Settlement act and formed 13 Native Corporations. There are 229 federally recognized Alaskan Native villages.