A minority under the microscope - the American Indian reaction

The cultural diversity of approximately 500 Indian tribes in the United States defies a base for uniform measurable criteria and developed standards cannot be uniformly applicable. Moreover, anthropological and sociological scientific studies focus on the Indian's failure to assimilate with the dominant society; their studies fail to relate the non-Indian's historical, social, legal, political, educational, and religious impact on idigenous people who should be America's treasure but are, as seen under the microscope, her tragedy.