Apartheid. USA 1988
(1989)–Willem Oltmans– Auteursrechtelijk beschermd
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March 16, 1987:A large number of American Indians still live under depressed conditions, and unemployment on some reservations runs as high as 60 percent. In recent years, though, several tribes have won multimillion-dollar settlements of long-standing claims against the United States and the State Governments for illegally seizing their lands. Most tribes shared the settlements among their members, but a few frugal, forward-looking chiefs sought more profitable ways to spend their people's windfalls.Ga naar voetnoot69. |
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