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Turtle Island: Manhattan 1609

The name Native Americans gave Manhattan in 1609

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From the page: "The Indian Wars Never Ended
Popular culture and media would have us believe that the Indian Wars Ended in the 1890's with tragic battles such as that at Wounded Knee. However, the wars against Native peoples, their traditional cultural and spiritual lifeways and their simple right to exist have never stopped. The Indian Wars Never Ended-they merely shifted and changed to new battlegrounds, with new tactics and weapons being utilized. "

No one wants to listen to the Indian, the numbers have dwindled. It is time for the government to do the right thing!!

Map of the Native American Tribes...

From the page: "Wounded Knee 1973-1998: The struggle continues"

Watch the documentary on PBS and you will see the true story.

From the page: "Massacre At Wounded Knee, 1890"
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Clyde Bellecourt said AIM was born in 1968 because "we didn't like what the federal government or the tribal governments were doing. We founded AIM because of police brutality, slumlords, [lack of] health care, education and no health insurance."

In 1998, conditions are much worse. Decades of Reagan-Bush budget cuts and majority unemployment have maintained health problems stemming from overcrowded and inadequate housing and plumbing. A high teenage suicide rate, drug and alcohol abuse and violence are a part of life for young people here.

Government policies have created a rural ghetto. An elder of the Oglala Sioux Tribe who has been called the "Grandma of AIM," Ellen Moves Camp, said, "Things are worse ... just a matter of time before another Wounded Knee and ... a violent confrontation with the government."

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From the page: ""Friends," said Red Cloud, "it has been our misfortune to welcome the white man. We have been deceived..."