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  • Treaties are More than a Piece of Paper: Why Words Matter

    10 Alb. Govt. L. Rev. 293 (2017)
    Gwen N. Westerman, PhD
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    This article discusses the development of Dakota literacy and telling their history in their own words, and the word choices in the 1851 Traverse Des Sioux Treaty and its legacy. The author then details the Indian Relocation Act and the genocide taken upon the Dakota people.

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