US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations
By Chris McGreal in Washington
A United Nations investigator probing discrimination against Native Americans has called on the US government to return some of the land stolen from Indian tribes as a step toward combatting continuing and systemic racial discrimination.Continue
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