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Standing Silent Nation: the DEA War Against Native Americans
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on April 5, 2010
When the Oglala Sioux Tribe passed an ordinance separating industrial hemp from its illegal cousin marijuana, White Plumes envisioned a new economy that would impact the 85% unemployment rate on the Pine Ridge Reservation. They never dreamed they would find themselves swept up in a struggle over tribal sovereignty, economic rights and common sense.
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