Letter to the Mitchell Daily Republic in Response to "State Wrongly Demonized in ICWA Debate" Editorial, By Natalie Stites


Reply to article available at: https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/80091/ June 3, 2013 Dear Mitchell Daily Republic Editorial Board, Your editorial is absurdly insensitive, and yes, racist against Native Americans living in the state of South Dakota. The State is not being demonized, the Indian children suffering institutional racism, poverty, abuse and neglect from their loved ones and the [...]read more

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