History doesn’t repeat itself–but it does rhyme. (Mark Twain supposedly made this observation.) The Indians have it “done to” them again, according to the NY Times Editorial Board:
It’s an old American story: malign policies hatched in Washington leading to pain and death in Indian country. It was true in the 19th century. It is true now, at a time when Congress, heedless of its solemn treaty obligations to Indian tribes, is allowing the across-the-board budget cuts known as the sequester to threaten the health, safety and education of Indians across the nation.
It is easy for the many not living on a reservation to not see what happens on them. Out of sight, out of mind.
Read a bit about the sequester’s effects here:
Abandoned in Indian Country – NYTimes.com.
The editors’ conclusion is sharp:
The next time any Republicans get pious about their party’s respect for life and the rule of law, someone should ask: What about Pine Ridge?
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