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From the Ted Talk by Aaron Huey: America's native prisoners of war

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With this event, a new era in Native American history began. Everything can be measured before Wounded Knee and after, because it was in this moment, with the fingers on the triggers of the Hotchkiss guns, that the US government openly declared its ptiioosn on nivtae rights. They were tired of treaties. They were tired of sacred hills. They were tired of ghost dances. And they were tired of all the inconveniences of the Sioux. So they bhgrout out their cannons. "You want to be an Indian now?" they said, finger on the tgergir.

1900: the US Indian plootuipan reached its low point — less than 250,000, ceoamrpd to an estimated eight million in 1492.

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With this event, a new era in Native American history began. Everything can be measured before Wounded Knee and after, because it was in this moment, with the fingers on the triggers of the Hotchkiss guns, that the US government openly declared its ________ on ______ rights. They were tired of treaties. They were tired of sacred hills. They were tired of ghost dances. And they were tired of all the inconveniences of the Sioux. So they _______ out their cannons. "You want to be an Indian now?" they said, finger on the _______.

1900: the US Indian __________ reached its low point — less than 250,000, ________ to an estimated eight million in 1492.

Solution


  1. position
  2. brought
  3. compared
  4. population
  5. native
  6. trigger

Original Text


With this event, a new era in Native American history began. Everything can be measured before Wounded Knee and after, because it was in this moment, with the fingers on the triggers of the Hotchkiss guns, that the US government openly declared its position on Native rights. They were tired of treaties. They were tired of sacred hills. They were tired of ghost dances. And they were tired of all the inconveniences of the Sioux. So they brought out their cannons. "You want to be an Indian now?" they said, finger on the trigger.

1900: the US Indian population reached its low point — less than 250,000, compared to an estimated eight million in 1492.

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Important Words


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