la coat alala lakota people we always lived crowded. and we have four or five girls laying on the floor in the bode bedroom and as long as they were safe and protected that is acceptable dss would not allow that. using our tradition and culture we were able to find a lot of kids persona permanentsy. >> bernice's grandchildren have been able to stay together and go to school and retain the lakota culture. the best thing in life is that we will hav we love each other. we care for each other. it's a sacred way of life for us. the transitional living program creates a who home for them. it's a home for teenagers aging out of the foster care system. >> our kids would age out of foster care with no skills to survive on their own. and a lot of them ended up pregnant or incarcerated or abusive situations and they didn't have the tools to know what independent living is. >> sarah recently arrived at the tlp. >> sh she went to state custody when she was eight years old and lived in 12 homes. the first time i went into the system like all i wanted

this one gold mine more gold every time we would sign a treaty with the american indians with the lakota with the crow with the pony we would say ok this is the last of the land we're going to take from you and then gold would be discovered somewhere in montana in colorado on the front range in cherry creek and in idaho and say well you know we didn't really mean that treaty we need that gold and it would be more and more miners pouring in the miners would be followed by settlers and red cloud in particular would start wiping out these miners and settlers and they would call on the u.s. army for help and he came out and he would wipe them out it was a vicious and i mean that literally a vicious circle would you call what happened in name americans and their genocide oh i would most definitely well the evidence of that is the evidence of that is anybody who has had the opportunity to go and visit the reservations out west. you know we've been to the pine ridge reservation where red cloud is buried and where a lot of his descendants still live it's the poorest county united states the life

when the city benefice test of the civilization the army after a civil war met red cloud and the lakota sioux you wrap all of the cheyenne but he was able to get all worked together and they were two great forces it was inevitable that there was going to be a war what was total surprise to the american people back east was that this case the indians won this one gold mine were gold every time we would sign a treaty with the american indians with the lakota with the crow with the pawnee we would say ok this is the last of the land we're going to take from you and then gold would be discovered somewhere in montana in colorado on the front range in cherry creek and in idaho and say well you know we didn't really mean that treaty we need that gold and it would be more and more miners pouring into miners would be followed by settlers and red cloud in particular would start wiping out these miners and settlers and they would call on the u.s. army for help and he came out and he would wipe them out it was a vicious and i mean that literally a vicious circle would you call what happened in name

abuse that i experience you know the catholic church says the genocide is continuing his hopes the lakota child rescue project to stop the full civil removal of indian children thanks a lot for coming on could you tell us what is happening to the children and what we've discovered is that not only were the children being taken to demagogue level it was happening on every single one of the reservations and in virtually every one of the major cities the international convention against genocide actually has a provision which expressively identifies what's going on as genocide the the systematic undertaking on the part of the racially dominant culture in a given nation state taking away indigenous children from their from their native tribes him putting them in the white culture has been again a fide as genocide even the supremes cool still polls and they can close to this day roy. williams he joins us now is really good to speak to can you give us some examples. indian women. in eighty six percent of those cases. or it's a non-issue and she waited sections. right because it's been traced di

and the lakota sioux you wrap all of the cheyenne but he was able to get all worked together and and they were two great forces it was inevitable that there was going to be a war what was total surprise to the american people back east was that this case the indians won this one gold mine more gold every time we would sign a treaty with the american indians with the lakota with the crow with the pony we would say ok this is the last of the land we're going to take from you and then gold would be discovered somewhere in montana in colorado on the front range in cherry creek and in idaho and say well you know we didn't really mean that treaty we need that gold and there would be more and more miners pouring in the miners would be followed by settlers and red cloud in particular would start wiping out these miners and settlers and they would call on the u.s. army for help and he came out and he would wipe them out it was a vicious and i mean that literally a vicious circle would you call what happened in name americans and their genocide oh i would most definitely well the evidence of t

montana territory, george armstrong custer and american 200 men under his command are wiped out by lakota former lawman with long flowing locks was shot in the head in deadwood, south dakota. wild bill hick come. there were swarms of locusts that covered the skies in the mid-west, and they devoured the wheat in iowa, and missouri, and the damage amounted to over $8 million by 1876. the panic of 1873 was still being felt in 1876. cost all kinds of jobs. dropped the prices of crops. many businesses failed. and the grant administration was racked with scandal so they weren't much help, either. many corrupt officials were part of the administration and congressional hearings going after various parties. there was one thing that was very exciting in the summer of 1876, and it was occurring in philadelphia. the famed centennial exposition. tens of thousands of people visited the exposition every day, and they saw all kinds of marvels and wonders, inventions, sewing machines, typewrite es, the telephone, the good good at- the good atling gun, all kind of wonders going on. there were so many peop

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for the lakota people here, the issue isn't just about child custody, it's about cultural survival. in the southwest corner of south dakota is the town of rapid city. a federal class-action lawsuit has been filed against officials here, alleging that the state routinely violates the indian child welfare act. i went to meet one of the mothers involved in the lawsuit, madonna pappan. >> hi there. >> how's it going, madonna? i'm wab from al jazeera. >> nice to meet you. come on in. >> thank you. >> i don't like it. >> okay then don't eat that baby. not that part anyway. eat that part. madonna's two children were taken into state custody two years ago. her daughter was removed after madonna's husband drove intoxicated with the young girl in the car. dakotah, her son, was at home with a sitter at the time. >> my son had no reason to be taken and they took him from me at school two days later. i requested to see him before they had taken him so i could talk to him and explain to him what was going to happen. and i didn't get that chance. >> i was so frustrated. i was not happy. i said, i