MPR: Broken Trust: Civil Rights in Indian Country

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Broken Trust

Feature Stories

Forgotten Justice
South Dakota - A State of Despair
Spiritual Freedom Behind Bars
No Promise of Education

How Indian Are You?
Tribal Justice - But Not For All
Speech on the Reservation Isn't Free
Plowing Native Ground

Minnesota Tribes Map
Where do the borders fall?

Whose Land Is It, Anyway?
Trace the history of promises kept and broken.

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Click the play buttons below to hear each person's experience.

Annie Humphrey: "I know there are good people."	Harvey Bonga: His arrest by police was videotaped.	Robert Shimek: "White people act like you're invisible."	Anita Fineday: "Indians have given up on law enforcement."	Martin Brokenleg: He shares his view of Indian civil rights.	Moon Roberts: It's a matter of ignorance of Indian culture.


Share your comments about Indian issues with other MPR audience members.		Copyright 2001, Minnesota Public Radio Sioux tepee photograph, courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society Editors: Kate Smith, Euan Kerr Online Editor: Melanie Sommer Researcher: Betsy Cole Web Site Art Director: Darby Laing Web Producers: Sara Leier, Michael Wells Web Manager: John Pearson