rities established tribal councils on the reservations with some traditional forms of government. Many of the events of the past are still protested and reoccurring today. By the beginning of the 20th century, Indians controlled remnants of their former estates. Drought, the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression and the American market economy led to an abandonment of Indian agriculture after World War II. (Lewis, 1) In the 1930s the government instituted livestock reduction and reseeding procedures to bring value back to reservation fields. Despite those efforts, most tribes still deal with overgrazing, erosion and improper land use. In recent years, modern Indians begin placing needs over older cultural patterns. These new ideas have put many Indians at odds with environmentalists. In Nevada, the Bureau of Land Management chain-clears extensive forests to improve grazing potential of the land for white permit holders. Of course, the Shoshone Indians of whom this land "belongs" to and whose resources are being destroyed have never given consent to these activities. (Lewis, 2) Some of their reservation lands contained unseen resources of immense worth. Many heated environmental debates over the exploitation and development of that land are still occurring today. Extensive c...
