South Dakota State Senator Red Dawn Foster discusses the pandemic’s devastating effects on Native American populations and their fight to keep COVID-19 checkpoints running despite resistance from the governor. She tells Ali Velshi, “Our sovereignty supersedes the state’s existence… We have the right to have these checkpoints.”» Subscribe to MSNBC:
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Native American State Senator Says Spread of COVID Is ‘A Matter Of Life And Death On A Reservation’
Native American Independence
Just imagine trying to save the life of an arrogant, misinformed fool who is cursing and hollering at you because they refuse to see the facts! These Dr’s and nurses deserve gratitude not abuse!
I didnt believe such propaganda was possible. Sigh.
This is blatant racism. From this administration, what else is new.
Keep the checkpoints up. Thank you for this reporting.
That governor should be held accountable for the blood on her hands. She is criminally ignorant 🙄
Crimes against humanity investigations .
She’s too busy kissing someone’s rear.
I disagree, the governor isn’t criminally ignorant. She’s criminally ARROGANT…
It’s disgusting that she not only chooses to do anything to protect people but to then take action to defeat protection measures people are doing for themselves is criminal.
GLEE Branham: Sorry to nitpick, but I think you meant, “It’s disgusting that she choses to *not* do anything to protect people … “.
😏 you know if everyone sues the federal government for trumps administration abuse 😛 federal government will be sure to get rid of him
Native Americans know better than anybody that you can’t believe anything our government says.
So true.
Peace
“Let’s make a treaty, and here are some blankets.” The man who gave those blankets, Jeffrey Amherst, Is the man my college and town is named after..
@Rowan Dubin-Masuck Do they mention what was on those blankets? Do that many people know anymore.
@Eva Sartorius wasn’t it the Pontiac Native Americans and the blankets were covered in smallpoxs? I think thats what i read at the museum.
@Jamie Neace Yes, it was. I wondered if they were teaching that in school now. I phoned my sons principal years ago when he brought home some homework that said the natives were happy to go to the reservations. Of course they weren’t. It was go there or die, and many did die anyway.
Good for you dear.
brilliantly said, ty sen foster and mr velshi. it is the equivalent of the smallpox blankets.
My thoughts exactly
I wasn’t sure many people knew what the blankets were about, glad some still do.
That Governor deserves to be arrested and charged for the deaths of all those dying and contracting Covid-19.
And she’s not the only one. Nobody would have ever thought that the US could have been devastated by a virus in the 21st century. The lack of a national response is shameful.
Would appreciate more what she has to say if dude didnt always talk over while she makes her point 😑
Loving that a community is protecting their citizens even as the trump administration doesn’t.
3 elders who spoke fluent native language died last week. Oral history is passed down amongst clans and that is their culture. They just lost 3 of them with more knowledge than any youth could provide. Can the Governor guarantee that no more Native Americans die from Covid? If not, charge her with negligent homicide. America has already committed genocide amongst all the Native Americans , and they still can’t provide these people with running water? They can’t provide them with protection from these natives from going extinct? The last Ute died years ago, when do we stop all of these Native Americans becoming like the story the Last Mohican?
Georgia VOTE FOR DEMOCRAT Jan 5 2021!
https://www.change.org/p/to-the-united-states-senate-removing-senator-mitch-mcconnell-from-the-senate-through-expulsion
@Shannon TheRealist Not as easy as you think…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_United_States_Congress
They have a right to protect the people just like the State Governors do by any means state Governors do.
Smart people. Respect the people who want to avoid the pandemic and want to keep everyone safe. Good job.
Great job, senator … keep it up, don’t let your blatantly racist governor tell you what to do.
Just add this to the Standing Rock attrocities and the history of systemic racism and genocide. SHAME
I want to hear from more native americans!
The only: “true”peoples of this land!