Multicultural Aging Project 2015 Interviewing A Native...

Multicultural Aging Project 2015 Interviewing a Native American elder helped me to better understand her physical and emotional needs. I learned that the elders are vulnerable people who need support. After my interview, I recognized that there are many conditions that the Native American elders face such as lack of support from the government; discrimination from fellow Americans; lack of support from their families; limited respect from their community; lastly, they feel neglected because of their disabilities. Why are vulnerable groups suffering, especially elderly Native Americans? They are suffering because they have no advocates, and they don t know the resources and programs that are available to them. We can avoid the difficulties they are facing by making sure that the communities, the U.S. government, relatives, and fellow Americans work together to support this vulnerable group of people. Native American elders are challenged by the American government because of their history and relationship to the government. Native Americans have been discriminated by the government by, Acts of violence and murder, isolation on reservations, land-grabbing, denial voting rights, removal from traditional lands to new and unfamiliar reservations, efforts to force Native Americans to conform to European culture, stealing of mineral and resources for rights (Aguirre Turner, 2009 p. 174). This means that the Native Americans encountered many problems that impacted Native