Saturday, November 16, 2019

"Uprooted" - plight of Native Americans (NPR)

KPCC (scpr.org), LA NPR affiliate; Xochitl, Dhr. Seven, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
UPROOTED: The 1950s Plan to Erase Indian Country
KPCC 89.3 FM airs "UPROOTED" at noon
In the 1950s, the U.S. government launched a campaign to assimilate Native Americans by eliminating reservations, terminating tribal governments, and persuading Native people to move to cities. Hundreds of thousands of Native people relocated to distant cities such as Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, Oakland, and Los Angeles. This documentary presents the voices of people who survived a devastating plan to solve "the Indian problem."

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