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35 Times the US Trampled on Native American Rights

Trista June 6, 2019 16 min

Plimoth Patuxet Museums - Thanksgiving — Jennie A. Brownscombe's "The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth" from 1914. Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain.

26. Unfortunately, the Founders Forgot to Give Them Rights

John Trumbull’s painting titled Declaration of Independence. US Capitol / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain.

Despite basing the nation’s founding document on Native American laws, the Founders excluded them from being able to attain any rights for centuries. Today, Native Americans continue to fight for recognition of their rights, to be treated as both sovereign nations and as respected citizens of the United States.

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26. Unfortunately, the Founders Forgot to Give Them Rights

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