Anhony Congdon

I found the different tribal newspapers fascinating and very inspirational. It was nice to see that the tribes are putting forth their own news and their opinions of news that is affecting their own people. One article that I found especially interesting was in the Native American Times about a man in South Dakota that was arrested for harassing Native American children with racial slurs and spitting beer on them. Native American took the matter into their own hands when they felt that the sentencing was considered too lenient. This demonstrates the problems that are still being faces by many Native Americans and the racism that they face. It also shows how the Native Americans are still very loyal to their own people and want to see justice for their own when they are wronged.

This man was not given any jail time and was given a very small fine for the injustice that he did against these people. They held their own trial where more than 100 of their people came to discuss the injustice and the racism that exists in their city since this was not the first time this sort of racism had occurred. Many felt that there is a double standard of justice in the city. There seems to be an ongoing tension between Native American and the law enforcement in Rapid City

Problems for the Native Americans still goes on and they still fight for equal rights today.

Trial begins of man accused of harassing Indian kids

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 Parent Category: News

 Published on Friday, 24 July 2015 16:54

 Written by JAMES NORD, Associated Press

It is really worth read....