On an Indian Reservation

          When the subject of Native Americans is brought up, I have to say my knowledge is very limited. The only time I have really learned about them is in history class when we've studied Europeans traveling to America and encountering the Native Americans. In general they were known for being friendly and welcoming, and the Europeans took advantage of that. When I think of what happened between the whites and them, I remember them teaching the Europeans how to hunt on their lands and farm crops such as corn; basic survival skills that they weren't used to. I also remember how the Europeans tried to civilize them by trading weapons. The one thing, however, that I remember most is the Europeans giving them blankets. This seemingly harmless notion actually led to the decline of many Native American tribes. That is because these blankets were covered with diseases that the Native Americans were not immune to. These horrible things that the Europeans did is pretty much all I know about them. I know that later on they were put on reservations and many still stick there to this day. Reading the book Montana 1948 has taught me a bit about their culture, but I still can't say that I'm particularly familiar with their heritage.