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35 Times the US Trampled on Native American Rights

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Jennie A. Brownscombe's "The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth" from 1914. Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain.
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3. They Camped Out on the Territory To Be Taken For the Pipeline

A Standing Rock tribute explaining how the land is sacred to Native Americans in protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Tibet Sun.

The Native Americans who resisted the pipeline gathered together in an effort to protect Mother Earth, especially the water system that they rely on, the Missouri River. They sang songs that celebrated the importance and beauty of nature and engaged in peaceful demonstrations against the proposed pipeline.

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