Bernie Sanders visits Native American settlement in Iowa
“Native American people, perhaps more than any other people in our country, have always known the relationship and the importance of treating nature with respect,” Sanders said, to rising applause from a crowd roughly evenly divided between white and Native American attendees.
He went on, “Native Americans forever have understood that we gain sustenance, we gain life from nature. You destroy nature, you destroy life and that is what we’re doing globally right now and that has got to change.”
In response to a question on the relationship between the government and Native American tribes, Sanders called for federal action to address economic, education and health care issues on reservations and other tribal lands – but with local autonomy.
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Lavern Jefferson, a member of the Meskwaki tribal council, noted that Sanders’ campaign reached out to the tribe about holding an event at the settlement, not the other way around.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/09/04/bernie-sanders-iowa-meskwaki-cedar-rapids/71599838/Bernie is a good man.
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