DNC Gives Land Acknowledgments ‘While Actively Exterminating Indigenous People’

 

The Democratic National Convention opened with an Indigenous land acknowledgment, epitomizing what Indigenous activist Tara Houska says is the DNC's “gross caricature of respect for Indigenous people while actively exterminating them.” While the DNC touts Tim Walz as a climate champion, Houska recalls how Walz oversaw the brutal crackdown on herself and other water protectors resisting the Line 3 pipeline, ensuring fossil fuel giant Enbridge funneled $8 million to police to get the job done. Houska elaborates with Eugene and Rania on the Democratic policies that violate Indigenous rights and the climate.