Pillage and SpillageThat Natives are getting swept up in ICE’s cruel sweeps is perfectly representative of the White House’s posture toward the indigenous.
As ICE continues its campaign of terror against immigrants (and those it racially profiles as immigrants) in Minneapolis, Native American tribal leaders are asking members to take precautions, lest they find themselves face to face with an agent.
That Natives are getting swept up in ICE’s cruel sweeps is perfectly representative of the White House’s posture toward the indigenous. In our latest issue, Kristen Martin explains how the Trump administration has pursued a policy of Native subjugation and erasure, glorifying Manifest Destiny and pillaging sacred lands. And on our site, Thea Riofrancos demonstrates just how deeply oil and gas interests are embedded in American capitalism.
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