Sunday, February 14, 2016

AIM Co-founder Clyde Bellecourt's question to Bernie Sanders: "I want to know, if you become the President of the United States, are you going to honor those treaties made with Indian People?"




Caption: Clyde Bellecourt gets the microphone makes a speech and asks Bernie Sanders if he is elected president will he honor treaties the US made with Native Americans.

A portion, transcribed:

Clyde Bellecourt (White Earth Band of Ojibwe):
I want to know if you're going to honor those treaties? I want to know, if you become the president of the United States, are you going to honor those treaties made with Indian People?

Bernie Sanders: 
The Native American people have gotten a terrible deal from the American government. I will do everything I can to redress that, absolutely. 

Clyde Bellecourt:
You haven't answered the question. You still haven't answered the question!

Please also see *this post at Censored News*.