The Effects Of Injustice On Native Americans

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The United States can make up for the injustices it inflicted on Native Americans by returning the land they took from them. The Government offered the Sioux money in return for their stolen land, but the Sioux did not accept. They denied the money because Their land is like a relative to them. How would you feel if the government took some of your relatives and offered money for them? The Sioux deserve to have their land back.

The United States broke all their treaties with the Sioux time and time again, taking more and more land from them every few years. The Sioux have some of the worst living conditions in the country. “Many American Indian communities are impoverished, with some tribes reporting unemployment as high as 85%”- The

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