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.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.In Colorado there is still 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.[1]https://www.indigenouspeoples-sdg.org/index.php/english/ttt/...
[2]https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/9/23/20872713/native-a...