About This Book
A collection of essays, editorials and tribal writings that document injustices suffered by the Yakima people, combining first-person memorials, rejected magazine contributions, and traditional legends. A foreword describes an editorial split and frames material intended to expose corrupt practices and broken promises. Detailed accounts recount stolen irrigation water, fraudulent land deals, abandoned allotments and bureaucratic indifference, supported by observations and testimonies from reservation life. Interspersed are indigenous poetry and a chief's memorial pleading for simple justice, producing a blend of exposé and cultural preservation that records grievances and Native perspectives.
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