Counter Stories: The forgotten community
Patrick LeGarde entertains his daughter Zhoomii at the sixth annual Augsburg College Traditional Powwow on March 29, 2014, in Minneapolis, Minn.
Nikki Tundel / MPR News
Native Americans are the original Americans, yet their mistreatment and suffering is largely absent from the nation's conversation on race.
The Counter Stories crew will explore why that is in this episode, and the entrenched perspectives and attitudes we need to adjust to bring about change.
For starters, do you know the names of all the American Indian reservations in Minnesota?
Outside the native community, few do.
Read the automated transcript.
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