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Article:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/us/as-american-indians-move-to-cities-old-and-new-challenges-follow.html
Headline:

Quietly, Indians Reshape Cities and Reservations

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Summary:

The Article discusses the large migration of Native Americans from the reservations to metropolitan areas over the last few decades and whether the reservations play a part in the reason for this mass movement of people due to the almost double the national poverty rat among the native american poverty rate. Federal funding has not followed the Natives to metropolitan areas leading to severe poverty there as well with the rate being more or less the same as reservations. This movement has also led to native gangs springing up in cities and partnering or copying other longer established gangs leading to several high profile crackdowns by law enforcement.However many view the cities as a ray of hope with job training and high native american representation among city officials being a move forward. many view the cities as providing more opportunities than those found on a reservation. native American organizations are working towards moving their youth away from crime and poverty and towards high school diplomas and jobs within metropolitan areas. 

I plan to show the content of the article using a mixture of illustration and photos to create city scenes of native american presence and the move towards a better future. Silhouettes and simplified city skylines will be used as well as original photos taken by me and several photos taken from the internet.
I plan to shoot the city skyline for my original photography or for the ones that don't have a skyline the image of the hand or the duffel bag. I plan on these being black and white photos with color accents.