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Lakota Tribe Case Study

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1. "How should we feel about the statistics of today?"
I feel that as a general public we should feel sad. The broken treaties of the past century and beyond caused this to happen. You almost makes you take action and want to help the people that are part of these statistics and do something to help improve their way of life in anyway possible.

2. "What is the connection between these images of suffering and the history I just read to you?"
I feel that the connection between these images and the history is strong. They history of the Lakota tribe caused all these pictures to be taken. In 1871, The Indian Appropriations Act (IAA) was enforced by Congress. The IAA forced the Lakota tribe to not leave the reservation that they were forced onto. Causing overtime for these conditions shown in the picture to occur. …show more content…

"How much of this history do you need to own?"
I feel as a white person that I own all the history listed above. I may not have been the person to enforced any of this but I feel that I 'm indirectly responsible for what happened. Overtime the white man saw the Lakota as second rate compared to them and we treated them as such. All the treaties that were signed were either broken or a loophole was found to go around the treaty. The treaties were meant to fix the problem and not cause more problem for the Lakota

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