Tag: #Indigenous People

‘US government has been trying to terminate the native Americans’: Chauncey Peltier

Left Review Online August 19, 2024

‘US government has been trying to terminate the native Americans’: Chauncey Peltier

Editor's Note: Leonard Peltier, the 79-year-old Indigenous activist who has spent nearly 50 years in prison for the 1975 murders of two FBI agents but has long maintained his innocence, was denied parole in early July, according to the CNN. Many are concerned that the ruling means that...More

Brutality against indigenous people embedded in Anglo-Saxons’ DNA

Wang Wenwen July 04, 2021

Brutality against indigenous people embedded in Anglo-Saxons’ DNA

The Washington Post on Saturday covered the story of a 12-year-old girl, an Alaska native student, whose remains was buried more than 100 years ago in Pennsylvania. She was among more than 100,000 indigenous children distributed to around 375 boarding schools throughout the US from the late 1800s...More