The new 51st state.

As I was searching through the internet, looking for information on Native American tribes that inhabit the Arizona area, I came across a fairly recent news article. At first I didn’t think anything of it but the title really caught my attention. An Arizona man, Mark Charles, proposed the idea of a separate state being made into a state for Native Americans.
At first when I was reading it, I can completely understand why Charles would propose such an idea. It seems reasonable to think, ‘hey these people were here first, it’s not right taking their land from them and allowing them only a tiny portion to live off of.’ Charles was clearly making his point by bringing up current events as well as common historic problems the federal government and the Native Americans have battled through.
However, as much as I would like to see a separate state be born, I just don’t think the federal government will ever allow another state, from anywhere, be allowed to join the United States. Honestly, throughout the centuries we constantly kept taking land from the Native American people. It seems like the United States should give them some land to govern as a state, rather than a reservation.
A concern of mine, would be the amount of different tribes inhabiting the land. According to the article it would be made of 500 nationally known tribes, and the ranking would be between 25-35 in means of population. I think it’s great that there are still that many people in the United the States that are Native American. But what about the differences in ritual and culture. I would like to believe that in this era people can get along and learn to accept other cultures, because this world does not need another disagreement that leads to war. I’m no way implying that it’s definitely going to happen, but there is always a possibility.

The link to the news article:
A state for Native Americans?