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CHEROKEE INDIAN COMMUNITY IS THE TOPIC

Research and present a crime prevention strategy based on the community and issue you chose.

You now have the community and the social harm. You have facts to support the social harm and data to put together a strategy. In two to three pages put together your crime prevention strategy. Layout why you feel this strategy will work. Base its potential for success on other communities that have used a similar strategies and their outcome. Present the details of the plan. This may include time, location, agencies involved, other partnerships, the use of the media, and any other details that are relevant. Lastly, include the designed outcomes! Remember the outcomes do not have to be the total elimination of the harm. They may be reducing the harm, reducing the incidences, moving the harm somewhere else, etc. Use a minimum of two references.

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Running Head: SOCIAL HARM ISSUES Social Harm Issues Kyle Reynolds Rasmussen College 1 SOCIAL HARM ISSUES 2 ROOT CAUSE OF CHEROKEE SOCIAL HARMS Among the Five Civilized Tribes with assimilated American settler culture, the Cherokee have assisted officially and unofficially since 1866. It is recognized as the largest and independent tribal nations in America although the community has struggled with social issues to settle in the country. Natively, the nation settled in the southeast before being forced out their land during president Jackson’s era. Although the community exists independently today in Oklahoma where it celebrates its culture and heritage, the nation heavily struggles with social harm issues such as drug abuse and poverty (Yarbrough, 2013). To be specific, the root cause of all these challenges is the crisis of Cherokees tribal constitution since 1874’s single body consisting of Bureau of Indian affairs and our department of interior. This has made it difficult to unify the people under the tribe. For instance, some adopted European clothing, others spoke English, others Christianity, and others owned slaves among other issues. According to the reporter’s committee report on American Indian law, 2.4 million of Indian Americans live within the territorial boundaries on the American states although the statistics are not clear because data varies in between the clans (Verhovek, 2018). The tribe men and women today face numerous challenges such as median wages below the national average. Most of them live in obsolete poverty 18.1 on average according to 2000 census. There is also rampant drug abuse among the tribes destroying the Indian country. The issue involving Cherokee national tribal constitution started simmering a few months before Sam Howe archived his article in July 1997. Tribal police began investigating chief principles of the nation’s finances, Joe Byrd following improper diversion of federal Cherokee money to pay a tribal employee lent to the national democratic committee in 1996. Soon after the SOCIAL HARM ISSUES 3 chief dismissed 15 marshals who came in search in his office, the tribe’s highest court issued an arrest warrant accusing him of obstruction of justice. The chief got a bare majority of 15 members tribal council and impeached all the three justices. In a prepaid raid by the new principles hired a security force, the team dismissed marshals camped in the courthouse and guarded their financial statements. This shows the tribe faces infamous ‘trail of tears’ with thousands dying of diseases, poverty and simple exhaustion. Away from the modern crisis in the tribe’s constitution, the Indian removal act of 1830 authorized president a. Jackson to accelerate the movement to unsettled land towards Mississippi river. During the forced removal, the tribe used the American federal court against the state of Georgia to put through the complaint. The court ruled in favor of Cherokee tribes but the state ignored the decision (Five Civilized Tribes | Facts, Maps, & Significance. 2018). Now that the government refused to obey property rights enforced by its own court, the tribe was left with few options before entering the costly guerrilla war. Finally, survivors settled in adjoining land tracks on the eastern part of Indian Territory. States were devastated and under populated after the war; the government began reorganization with rapid and educational progress. They infused to Indian territories between 1893 and 1907 building railroads adjoining the states. Soon afterward, Oklahoma became a state and the government started allotment of tribal lands to individuals including freedmen and slaves enrolled as members. Oklahoma State with no reservation state put in place. Most recently in February 2007, Frank Morris covered a story about court decisions concerning Cherokee freedmen who claim there is a 140-year-old treaty that protects the rights of the Cherokee nation. Toomer, one of the freedmen urged in support of photocopied documents that his relationship with his tribe (OPINION: Pressing issues to face Cherokee Nation in this SOCIAL HARM ISSUES 4 historic election. 2018). According to Tommer, regaining their membership stake will bring back lost fairness and rights while receiving benefits. In my position, there is more to describe the tribe’s epidemic experience away from just poverty and drug abuse. Tracing back in 1841 to highlight the tragic that the tribes capital existed in Tahlequah, most people of the Indian background point fingers towards their federal officials for failing to uphold the nation’s constitutional mandates. 5 SOCIAL HARM ISSUES References Yarbrough, F. A. (2013). Race and the Cherokee Nation: Sovereignty in the Nineteenth Century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc Challenges facing American Indians | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.rcfp.org/reporters-guide-american-indian-law/challengesfacing-american-indians Five Civilized Tribes | Facts, Maps, & Significance. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Five-Civilized-Tribes Challenges facing American Indians | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.rcfp.org/reporters-guide-american-indian-law/challengesfacing-american-indians Verhovek, S. (2018). Cherokee Nation Facing a Crisis Involving Its Tribal Constitution. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/06/us/cherokee-nation-facing-a-crisisinvolving-its-tribal-constitution.html OPINION: Pressing issues face Cherokee Nation in this historic election. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/index/9227 Running Head: SOCIAL HARM ISSUES 1 Social Harm Issues Institution Affiliation Date: SOCIAL HARM ISSUES 2 The Cherokee nation is one of the numerous communities settled in the USA that struggle with social issues. It is recognized as the largest self-governing and independent tribal nation in America. Initially, the Cherokee nation considered the Southeast as their native land. On the contrary, gold discovery in this area had led to the Cherokee nation being forced out of their lands. The president of that time Andrew Jackson had pushed the people of this community out of their lands. During this time about 4000 individuals had died from starvation and disease. Although this community had been pushed out of the lands their deemed native, they survived. The Cherokee nation exists today as an independent community. It is currently situated in Oklahoma where it celebrates its culture and heritage. The Cherokee nation comprises of the American Indians. In the US, there are approximately 2.4 million of the American individuals settled in the territorial boundaries ("Challenges facing American Indians | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press," n.d.). Although this community has managed to remain a sovereign nation within the US boundaries, it struggles with various social harms such as poverty and drug abuse. Poverty is primary social harm affected a majority of the American Indians in the US (Royce, 2018). It is believed that the median wage for the individuals in this community is below the national average. The men and women from Cherokee nation receive pay that is below the national average. As such, the poverty rate for the community is high. Cherokee’s poverty rate is measured to be approximately 18.1%. Therefore, the community suffers from the social harm due to the low wages paid for their work. Additionally, drug abuse is another issue that contributes to the poverty of the American Indians in the nation. The use of methamphetamine by individuals in the Cherokee community is SOCIAL HARM ISSUES 3 destroying the lives of many people. This drug is destroying the lives of the young and old adults in the community. Furthermore, drug abuse is a primary factor in increasing poverty levels in the Cherokee nation. According to the tribal leaders in the community, it comes out that the lives of many young people will be lost due to drug abuse. Furthermore, the lives of the young children will also be destroyed as a result of parents abusing drugs. When the parents result in drug abuse, they tend to neglect their kids. Parents addicted to drugs expose their children to other problems include violence, child abuse, rape, homicides, and assaults ("Challenges facing American Indians | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press," n.d.). As such, drug abuse destroys the physical body as well as the emotional state of individuals. Also, it is imperative to recognize the fact that as more people engage in drug abuse, the community will continue to struggle with poverty. It is evident that parents are unable to cater for the well-being of their children due to drugs. Furthermore, the young individuals will be lost due to drug abuse thus they will not be available to help the community overcome its social harm. On the other hand, the neglected children will continue to struggle in the future as a result of the impact the neglect from their parents causes to their physical and mental state. The Cherokee nation has faced numerous hardships during their stay in the US. Some of these hardships include the loss of their native lands and deaths of their people. However, despite these hardships, the community has tried its best to remain strong and sovereign. On the contrary, drug abuse and poverty remain a social harm issue that threatens the sovereignty of this community. These social harms should be addressed to help improve the community and its people as well as avoid the deterioration of their well-being in the US. SOCIAL HARM ISSUES 4 References Challenges facing American Indians | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.rcfp.org/reporters-guide-american-indian-law/challengesfacing-american-indians Royce, C. C. (2018). The Cherokee Nation of Indians. BoD–Books on Demand. Yarbrough, F. A. (2013). Race and the Cherokee Nation: Sovereignty in the Nineteenth Century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
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Running head: PREVENTING CRIME OUTLINE

Preventing Crime in the Cherokee Indian Community Outline
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Thesis statement: As it is evident in research results, Cherokee Indian Community is a
poor community whose poverty is being caused by various factors such as low than average
wages and drug abuse. The poverty and drug abuse have been some of the factors that have
contributed to the high crime rate in the community. Cherokee is a community that can succeed
in crime and poverty is alleviated or at least lessened. There are various crime prevention and
mitigation strategies that can be put in place. These include:
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