This could happen to you!
Remember this Card Carriers, that the following
can happen to you also!
Second Class Native Americans
The Winnemem had previously been a federally
recognized tribe but the U.S. government withdrew their
recognition.
The Winnemem tribe, removed from their land to
build a dam.
Most of their sacred places were permanently
flooded.
The ones that are left are on federal government
claim land.
The very federal government that did its best to
destroy Native Americans and culture is now the legal arbiter of the identity of
the descendents of the people it did not quite succeed in
exterminating.
President Obama endorsed the UN Declaration of
the Rights of Indigenous People, but only included federally recognized tribes.
The federal government supplies a great many
things directly to individuals, bypassing the tribes, simply for being
minorities.
Unless they are second class Native
Americans.
Isn’t it time for the federal government to
treat everyone the same regardless of race or ethnicity?
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