Winona LaDuke is an activist for American Indians,
women, and the environment. She is also well-known as Ralph Nader's
running mate in the 2000 U.S. presidential elections. In this video
clip from a Facing History and Ourselves interview, LaDuke discusses
the issue of land reparations for Native Americans and the U.S.
government's responsibility to her people.
Winona LaDuke is an activist for American Indians,
women, and the environment. She is also well-known as Ralph Nader's
running mate in the 2000 U.S. presidential elections. In this video
clip from a Facing History and Ourselves interview, LaDuke discusses
the issue of land reparations for Native Americans and the U.S.
government's responsibility to her people.
Transcript:
"Our land was taken
illegally. My family's land and all our land was taken illegally. The
federal government was responsible when my great-great grandmother, who
couldn't read or write English and thumb printed a deed thinking that
it was a loan on a grocery bill, and came back three months later to
pay that $50, and that Indian agent said, "No, you keep that money, I
bought that land, an 80 acre lakeshore allotment" - the federal
government was responsible for that woman."
