Improving Educational Outcomes
The effects that the response strategy has is that students have been able to attend college who would not have without the scholarship. This led to a more educated generation of rising leaders in the Native American communities. The unintended consequences for providing education are mostly positive. Education not only benefits the individual, but also contributes to the wellbeing of society as a whole. A society where the majority of the population is educated results in economic growth, lower infant mortality rates, and reduced poverty. This will benefit society as a whole, where at the macro level America will have a stronger economy and educated work force. On the micro level, individuals will be able to meet their basic needs more successfully through being more qualified for careers that offer benefits and living wages. Society understands that education is important for the future generations. This creates a positive response towards this intervention because this will help the youth get the assistance they need. They understand in order to help this population, they must keep their culture intact.They believe “Children and youth hold the key to the social, economic, and cultural survival of the American Indian and Alaska Native population in the United States”(Faircloth & Tippeconnic, 2010, p. 19). Now, that Native American issues are becoming more mainstream, society views about recipients has become more positive. The education Native students are receiving with can be viewed as them breaking the cycle of dropout rates, addiction, and poverty. Horwedel (2009) stated “in these economic times hope is more important than ever to American Indians, who have historically been the poorest Americans and continue to be so”(p. 22). So, by helping them recieve better education can in turn reduce or end poverty.
Promoting Economic Development
In order for tribes to overcome poverty, the economy must be fixed. The HEARTH Act allows tribes to grow economically when leasing land. However, the act has had several negative unintended consequences. A negative unintended consequence is the small amount of Native communities that can take advantage of this act. The government did not take into account that they are not economically stable to get this land. A negative unintended consequences is the lack of appropriate wording in the act. It allows non-tribal members to have a say in tribal decisions. Due to the lack of attention and knowledge of this act, society may believe that this act is benefiting Native Americans. If they believe this, they will not push for more change which can be hurtful to tribes. Society may view Natives as economically stable because of this service. That is far from the truth. Back then, land was given to tribes but it was land that was not fertile so it could not grow anything (Davis, Roscigno, and Wilson, 2016, p. 6). Daggar states that Europeans would set up these types of acts and say they are helping but it was all a ploy to assimilate Natives (2016).
Facilitating Self-Sufficiency/ Self-Governance
Running Strong provides Native Americans opportunities to build self-sufficiency. These opportunities come from a variety of programs the organization provides. Self-Sufficiency improves poverty simply by meeting basic needs that these tribes lack. The organization has also created cultural programs for the youth to preserve their heritage and language, and also build their self- confidence. The unintended consequences to this is that although it provides the basic needs for this population, it doesn’t address macro problems, such as variables that cause them to not receive these resources. Since this group provides, it might lead to governmental welfare programs to be less inclined to help this population. Overall, society wants populations needs to be met, but American society often looks down upon people who seek welfare. The view has remained the same, as most believe that everyone is entitled to basic needs such as food, water, and shelter, but are skeptical of these services being provided by the government, feeling as if people take advantages of these services. Within American society, views on Natives have not changed. Providing welfare and benefits “tend to stigmatize and separate the socially marginal” (Wheelock, 2012, p. 44). Therefore, society may view Natives negatively for accepting "handouts".