James Anaya, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples, has conducted the United Nations’ first-ever investigation into
the plight of Native Americans living in the United States. Anaya’s
recommendations include advising the U.S. to return some land to Native
American tribes, including South Dakota’s Black Hills, home to the
famous Mt. Rushmore monument. Anaya says such a move would be a step
toward addressing systemic discrimination against Native Americans that
continues to this day. James Anaya, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples, has conducted the United Nations’
first-ever investigation into the plight of Native Americans living in
the United States. Anaya’s recommendations include advising the U.S. to
return some land to Native American tribes, including South Dakota’s
Black Hills, home to the famous Mt. Rushmore monument. Anaya says such a
move would be a step toward addressing systemic discrimination against
Native Americans that continues to this day. "The indigenous peoples of
this country...suffer from poverty, poor health conditions, lack of
attainment of formal education [and] social ills at rates that far
exceed those of other segments of the American population," Anaya says.
"These conditions are related to a history of wrongs that they’ve
suffered."Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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