Description
Why, in spite of still “owning” one of the most valuable land in North The us (including among the uranium reserves, 20% of the oil and natural gas, and so forth.), do the remaining 2 million Native inhabitants live in conditions of Third World povertyâa life expectancy averaging under 50; 60% unemployment; a per capita source of revenue on the Pine Ridge Reservation of $2000 a year? The systematic elimination of the American Indians didn’t end with Columbus, or smallpox-laden blankets, or the scalp bounty. Here, the pre-eminent Native activist/scholar Ward Churchill passionately unveils the 500-year conquest and demonstrates its continuation -as of late.
Ward Churchill teaches on the University of Colorado/Boulder and is the writer of a large number of books and spoken-word CDs.