The Lakota: A Human Story
I know this is hacker news but I think an article/review like this is the perfect opportunity to point out the continued injustices being committed against the people native to the land that is now the USA.<p>After a genocide and several centuries of discrimination, the American government continues to enact and enforce policies that lead to abject poverty on native reservations[1]. The relationship between the US government and native tribes is a disgusting example of how our elected officials have leveraged their power systemically against a minority group and abuses continue to this day[2]. These aren't just people in folk lore stories, they are living tribes condemned to poverty in barren swaths of land by our government.<p>In Colorado there is <i>still</i> a monument at the capitol in Denver and a prominent mountain named after one of the men that orchestrated the Sand Creek Massacre, an undeniably disgusting and heinous moment in our history.<p>[1]<a href="https://www.indigenouspeoples-sdg.org/index.php/english/ttt/536-5-ways-the-government-keeps-native-americans-in-poverty" rel="nofollow">https://www.indigenouspeoples-sdg.org/index.php/english/ttt/...</a>
[2]<a href="https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/9/23/20872713/native-american-indian-treaties" rel="nofollow">https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/9/23/20872713/native-a...</a>