Winona LaDuke on Governmental Responsibility to American Indians
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."
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Video length:
00 min 30 sec
Date filmed:
Mar 21 1994 
