Indigenous Land Back Movement in Colorado
Rick Williams, an Oglala Lakota citizen with Cheyenne ancestry, is among the leaders of Colorado's Indigenous land back movement. His Cheyenne ancestors were pushed out of Colorado in the 1800s.
A movement has emerged to bring Indigenous tribes back to Colorado, hundreds of years after they were forcibly removed from the state.
Tell me what you're going to do about it. It's stolen.
Williams often gives land acknowledgements, but he wants more than just words. He asks audiences, "There's a lot of injustice that went on. What are you going to do about it?"
Now, he has a proposition for the state and its 6 million residents.
Author's summary: Colorado's Indigenous land back movement seeks justice.