Earlier this year, Kevin Killer collected 1,193 signatures to put a referendum on the ballot to change the name of Shannon County, South Dakota. The county, which includes much of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, is named for former Dakota Territory Supreme Court Chief Justice Peter Shannon, who was instrumental in the passage of the Dawes Act, which separated American Indians from their land.
How American Indians Could Save The Democrats' Senate Majority
Tim Murphy, Mother Jones
Fri, 10/24/2014 - 3:10am
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