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The Indian Experience in the 20th Century
(Before Columbus series)

VHS
28 minutes
E58 .B431 1993 pt.6

Finally they can take no more and are fighting back. From Mohawks protesting the use of their sacred lands as a golf course to Cree fighting the construction of a hydroelectric dam, Native Americans - in the democracies of North America at least - get a public hearing in the media before "progress" gets its way. In Latin America, murder and suppression are the unpublicized rule; the program shows some of the devastating results in Guatemala and Columbia. The bright example is of the Kuna in Panama, who refused to abandon their traditional life-style and, after a successful revolt in 1925, were permitted to live as they choose.

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