The tribe has been robbed of thousands of dollars' worth of property, and the government shows no disposition to return what belongs to them. - Susette LaFlesche Tibbles
" "The tribe has been robbed of thousands of dollars' worth of property, and the government shows no disposition to return what belongs to them.
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About Susette LaFlesche Tibbles
Susette La Flesche, later Susette LaFlesche Tibbles and also called Inshata Theumba, meaning "Bright Eyes" (1854–1903), was a well-known Native American writer, lecturer, interpreter, and artist of the Omaha tribe in Nebraska. La Flesche was a progressive and a spokesperson for Native American rights.
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Inshata Theumba
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Bright Eyes
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It crushed our hearts when we saw a little handful of poor, ignorant, helpless, but peaceful people, such as the Poncas were, oppressed by a mighty nation, a nation so powerful that it could well have afforded to show justice and humanity if it only would. It was so hard to feel how powerless we were to help those we loved so dearly when we saw our relatives forced from their homes and compelled to go to a strange country at the point of the bayonet.
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