Aaron Huey: America's native prisoners of war

Translator: Tajda Dedic Reviewer: Sandra Gojic

Ovdje sam da bih Vam pokazao fotografije plemena Lakota.

I'm here today to show my photographs of the Lakota.

Many of you may have heard of the Lakota,

Mnogi od Vas su možda čuli za ovo pleme,

or at least the larger group of tribes,

ili barem za jednu veću grupu plemena

called the Sioux.

zvanih Sijuksi.

The Lakota are one of many tribes that were moved off their land

Lakota je jedno od mnogih plemena koji su bili prisilno naseljeni

u logore za ratne zarobljenike,

to prisoner-of-war camps,

now called reservations.

koji se danas nazivaju rezervatima.

The Pine Ridge Reservation,

Na rezervatu Pajn Ridž ,

the subject of today's slide show,

snimio sam fotografije koje ćete danas vidjeti.

Ovaj rezervat se nalazi oko 120 km jugoistočno od

is located about 75 miles southeast of the Black Hills in South Dakota.

planine Blek Hils u Južnoj Dakoti.

Ponekad ga nazivaju

It is sometimes referred to as Prisoner of War Camp Number 334,

Logorom za ratne zarobljenike broj 334,

i to je mjesto gdje pleme Lakota danas živi.

and it is where the Lakota now live.

Now, if any of you have ever heard of AIM,

Ako je iko od Vas ikada čuo za AIM,

the American Indian Movement,

Američki Indijanski Pokret,

or of Russell Means,

ili za Rasela Minsa,

or Leonard Peltier,

ili za Leonarda Peltiera,

or of the standoff at Oglala,

ili za oružani sukob na Oglala rezervatu,

then you know Pine Ridge is ground zero for Native issues in the US.

onda znate i da je rezervat Pajn Ridž epicentar

svih problema Američkih Indijanaca.

So I've been asked to talk a little bit today

Pozvan sam danas da ispričam nešto

about my relationship with the Lakota,

o svojoj vezi sa plemenom Lakota,

and that's a very difficult one for me,

za koju mogu reći da je zaista teška.

because, if you haven't noticed from my skin color,

Jer, ukoliko niste sami zaključili na osnovu boje moje kože,

ja sam bijelac,

I'm white,

and that is a huge barrier on a Native reservation.

a to je ogromna prepreka kad ste u indijanskom rezervatu.

You'll see a lot of people in my photographs today.

Na fotografijama ćete vidjeti mnogo ljudi,

I've become very close with them, and they've welcomed me like family.

s kojima sam se ja zbližio i koji su me dočekali kao porodica.

Oslovljavali su me sa brate ili striče

They've called me "brother" and "uncle,"

i uvijek su me iznova pozivali u zadnjih pet godina.

and invited me again and again over five years.

Ali, na rezervatu Pajn Ridž,

But on Pine Ridge,

I will always be what is called "wasichu."

ja ću uvijek biti wašichu,

"Wasichu" is a Lakota word

a riječ wašichu u jeziku plemena Lakota

that means "non-Indian,"

označava nekoga ko nije Indijanac,

but another version of this word

ali u svom drugom značenju, ova riječ

znači "onaj koji uzima najbolje meso za sebe."

means "the one who takes the best meat for himself."

And that's what I want to focus on --

A ja upravo to značenje želim naglasiti -

the one who takes the best part of the meat.

onaj koji uzima najbolji dio mesa za sebe.

To znači pohlepan.

It means "greedy."

So take a look around this auditorium today.

Pogledajte auditorij u kojem se nalazimo.

Na kampusu smo privatnog univerziteta na zapadu Sjedinjenih Država,

We are at a private school in the American West,

sjedimo u crvenim somotnim stolicama

sitting in red velvet chairs

with money in our pockets.

s novcem u džepu.

And if we look at our lives,

I ako pogledamo kako živimo,

we have indeed taken the best part of the meat.

zaista smo uzeli

najbolji dio mesa.

So let's look today at a set of photographs

Dakle, pogledajmo sada zbirku fotografija

of a people who lost

ljudi koji su izgubili

so that we could gain,

da bismo mi mogli imati,

and know that when you see these people's faces,

i znajte kad vidite ova lica

that these are not just images of the Lakota;

da to nisu samo slike Lakota indijanaca,

they stand for all indigenous people.

već da su te slike simbol za sve domorodačke narode.

On this piece of paper

Na ovom listu papira,

is the history the way I learned it from my Lakota friends and family.

je zapisana istorija koju sam naučio

od mojih prijatelja i familije iz plemena.

The following is a time line of treaties made, treaties broken

Ovo što slijedi je hronologija

skopljenih sporazuma, prekršenih sporazuma

and massacres disguised as battles.

i masakra predstavljenih kao bitke.

I'll begin in 1824.

Počeću s godinom 1824.

Ured za indijanske poslove

What is known as the Bureau of Indian Affairs

je osnovan unutar Ministarstva za rat,

was created within the War Department,

iz čega se dala naslutiti agresija

setting an early tone of aggression

in our dealings with the Native Americans.

u našim odnosima prema Američkim starosjediocima.

1851:

1851.:

The first treaty of Fort Laramie was made,

Sklopljen je prvi Sporazum u Fort Laramiju,

clearly marking the boundaries of the Lakota Nation.

čime su jasno označene granice Lakota nacije.

Prema sporazumu,

According to the treaty, those lands are a sovereign nation.

to je zemlja suverenog naroda.

If the boundaries of this treaty had held --

Da su granice po ovom sporazumu bile poštivane -

and there is a legal basis that they should --

što su i trebale biti po zakonskoj osnovi -

then this is what the US would look like today.

karta S.A.D. bi danas ovako izgledala.

10 godina poslije,

Ten years later.

The Homestead Act, signed by President Lincoln,

Homsted zakon, kojeg je potpisao predsjednik Linkoln,

unleashed a flood of white settlers into Native lands.

izazvao je buijicu doseljenika bijelaca na indijansku zemlju.

1863:

1863.:

An uprising of Santee Sioux in Minnesota

Ustanak Santi Sijuksa u Minesoti

ends with the hanging of 38 Sioux men,

se završava vješanjem 38 Sijuksa muškaraca,

the largest mass execution in US history.

što je najveće masovno smaknuće u američkoj istoriji.

The execution was ordered by President Lincoln,

Pogubljenje je naredio Predsjednik Linkoln

only two days after he signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

samo dva dana nakon

što je potpisao Proglas o oslobođenju robova.

1866: The beginning of the Transcontinental Railroad --

1866, začeci transkontinentalne željeznice -

jedno novo doba.

a new era.

Prisvojili smo zemlju da bi putevi i vozovi

We appropriated land for trails and trains

presjekli zemlju Lakota tačno kroz njeno srce .

to shortcut through the heart of the Lakota Nation.

The treaties were out the window.

Sporazuma kao da nije ni bilo.

In response, three tribes led by the Lakota chief Red Cloud

Zauzvrat, tri plemena pod vođstvom Lakota poglavice Crvenog Oblaka

attacked and defeated the US army,

višestruko su napadali i poražavali američku vojsku.

many times over.

I want to repeat that part:

Želim da ponovim taj dio.

The Lakota defeat the US army.

Lakote su porazili američku vojsku.

1868.: Drugi sporazum u Fort Laramiju

1868: The second Fort Laramie Treaty clearly guarantees

jasno jamči suverenitet Velike Sijuks nacije

the sovereignty of the Great Sioux Nation

and the Lakotas' ownership of the sacred Black Hills.

i Lakotino vlasništvo svete Blek Hils planine.

Vlada takođe obećava pravo na zemlju i lov

The government also promises land and hunting rights

u susjednim državama.

in the surrounding states.

We promise that the Powder River country

"Obećajemo da okrugu Pauder River

od sada pa nadalje bijelci neće imati pristup."

will henceforth be closed to all whites.

The treaty seemed to be a complete victory

Sporazum se činio kao potpuna pobjeda

for Red Cloud and the Sioux.

Crnog Oblaka i Sijuksa.

In fact, this is the only war in American history

Zapravo je ovo jedini rat u američkoj istoriji,

u kojem je vlada potpisala mirovni sporazum

in which the government negotiated a peace

by conceding everything demanded by the enemy.

pristajući na sve zahtjeve neprijatelja.

1869.:

1869: The Transcontinental Railroad was completed.

Završena je transkontinentalna željeznica.

It began carrying, among other things, large numbers of hunters,

Počela je prevoziti, između ostalog, mnoštva lovaca

koji su otpočeli masovno ubijanje bizona,

who began the wholesale killing of buffalo,

eliminating a source of food, clothing and shelter for the Sioux.

eliminarajući tako izvor hrane, odjeće i skrovišta za Sijukse.

1871.:

1871:

The Indian Appropriation Act

Zakonom o prisvajanju Indijanaca

makes all Indians wards of the federal government.

svi Indijanci postaju štićenici federalne vlade.

In addition, the military issued orders

Pored toga, vojska je izdala naredbe

forbidding western Indians from leaving reservations.

braneći Indijancima na zapadu da napuste rezervate.

All western Indians at that point in time were now prisoners of war.

Svi Indijanci na zapadu su u tom momentu

postali ratni zarobljenici.

Takođe 1871.,

Also in 1871,

we ended the time of treaty-making.

okončali smo period sklapanja sporazuma.

The problem with treaties is they allow tribes to exist as sovereign nations,

Problem sa sporazumima je taj što dozvoljavaju plemenima da budu suverene nacije,

ali mi se s tim nismo mogli složiti;

and we can't have that.

We had plans.

mi smo imali planove.

1874:

1874.:

General George Custer announced the discovery of gold in Lakota territory,

General Džordž Kaster je proglasio pronalazak zlata na Lakota teritoriji,

specifically the Black Hills.

naročito u planini Blek Hils.

The news of gold creates a massive influx of white settlers

Vijest o zlatu privukla je velike mase doseljenika bijelaca

na zemlje Lakota nacije.

into Lakota Nation.

Custer recommends that Congress find a way

Kaster predlaže da Kongres pronađe način

kako da ospori sporazume sa Lakotama

to end the treaties with the Lakota as soon as possible.

što je prije moguće.

1875: The Lakota war begins

1875: Počeo je rat s Lakotama zbog

over the violation of the Fort Laramie Treaty.

kršenja Sporazuma iz Fort Laramija.

1876:

1876.:

On July 26th,

26-og jula,

on its way to attack a Lakota village,

u pokušaju napada na Lakota selo,

Custer's 7th Cavalry was crushed

Kasterova Sedma konjanica je pobijeđena

at the battle of Little Big Horn.

u bici kod Litl Big Horna.

1877.:

1877:

The great Lakota warrior and chief named Crazy Horse

Veliki Lakota ratnik i poglavica, Ludi Konj

surrendered at Fort Robinson.

predao se u utvrđenju Fort Robinson.

Poslije je ubijen za vrijeme boravka u pritvoru.

He was later killed while in custody.

1877. godine smo još i uspjeli pronaći način

1877 is also the year we found a way to get around the Fort Laramie Treaties.

kako zaobići sporazume iz Fort Laramija.

A new agreement was presented to Sioux chiefs and their leading men,

Novi sporazum je predstavljen poglavicama i vođama Sijuksa

pod parolom koja glasi "prodaj ili gladuj".

under a campaign known as "Sell or Starve" --

sign the paper, or no food for your tribe.

Potpiši papir, inače nema hrane za tvoje pleme.

Only 10 percent of the adult male population signed.

Samo 10 posto odraslih muškaraca su potpisali.

The Fort Laramie Treaty called for at least three-quarters of the tribe

No sporazum iz Fort Laramija

je zahtijevao da najmanje tročetvrtinski dio plemena

to sign away land.

potpiše prodaju zemlje.

That clause was obviously ignored.

No, ova stavka se očigledno ignorisala.

1887: The Dawes Act.

1887.: Zakon Doz.

Okončano je zajedničko vlasništvo nad zemljom u rezervatima.

Communal ownership of reservation lands ends.

Reservations are cut up into 160-acre sections,

Rezervati su isparčani u parcele od 0,65 km²

and distributed to individual Indians

i podijeljeni pojedincima,

with the surplus disposed of.

dok je višak prodan.

Tribes lost millions of acres.

Plemena su izgubila hiljade kvadratnih kilometara zemlje.

The American dream of individual land ownership

Američki san o vlasništvu zemlje

turned out to be a very clever way

se ispostavio kao mudar način

to divide the reservation until nothing was left.

kako izdijeliti rezervat dok on jednostavno ne nestane.

Ovaj potez je uništio rezervate,

The move destroyed the reservations,

olakšavajući daljnju podjelu i prodaju

making it easier to further subdivide and to sell

sa svakom dolazećom generacijom.

with every passing generation.

Most of the surplus land

Veći dio suvišnog zemljišta,

and many of the plots within reservation boundaries

kao i znatan broj parcela unutar rezervata,

are now in the hands of white ranchers.

su sad u vlasništvu zemljoradnika bijelaca.

Once again, the fat of the land goes to wasichu.

I opet, masni dio zemlje dobiva wašichu.

1890: A date I believe to be the most important in this slide show.

1890, datum za koji smatram da je

najvažniji u ovom nizu.

This is the year of the Wounded Knee Massacre.

Ovo je godina masakra kod Ranjenog Koljena.

29-og decembra,

On December 29,

US troops surrounded a Sioux encampment at Wounded Knee Creek,

američke trupe su opkolile logor Sijuksa kod potoka Ranjeno Koljeno

i pobili poglavicu Veliko Stopalo

and massacred Chief Big Foot and 300 prisoners of war,

i tri stotine ratnih zarobljenika,

koristeći novo rafalno oružje

using a new rapid-fire weapon that fired exploding shells,

koje je ispaljivalo eksplodirajuće čahure.

called a Hotchkiss gun.

To se oružje zove top Hočkis.

For this so-called "battle,"

Za ovu takozvanu bitku,

20 Congressional Medals of Honor for Valor

Kongres je sa 20 Medalja časti odlikovao

were given to the 7th Cavalry.

Sedmu konjanicu za njihovu hrabrost.

To this day,

Do današnjeg dana,

ovo je najveći broj Medalja časti

this is the most Medals of Honor ever awarded for a single battle.

ikad dodijeljenih za jednu jedinu bitku.

More Medals of Honor were given

Vojnici su sa više Medalja časti odlikovani

for the indiscriminate slaughter of women and children

za jedan krvavi pokolj nad ženama i djecom

than for any battle in World War One,

nego za bilo koju bitku u Prvom svjetskom ratu,

Drugom svjetskom ratu,

World War Two,

Korea, Vietnam,

Koreji, Vijetnamu,

Iraku ili Avganistanu.

Iraq or Afghanistan.

Masakr kod Ranjenog Koljena

The Wounded Knee Massacre is considered the end of the Indian wars.

se smatra krajem Indijanskih ratova.

Kad god posjetim mjesto

Whenever I visit the site of the mass grave at Wounded Knee,

masovne grobnice kod Ranjenog Koljena,

I see it not just as a grave for the Lakota or for the Sioux,

ne vidim ga samo kao grob

Lakota ili Sijuksa,

nego kao grob svih domorodačkih naroda.

but as a grave for all indigenous peoples.

The holy man Black Elk, said,

Sveti čovjek, Hehaka Sapa, Crni los, je rekao,

"Tada nisam znao

"I did not know then how much was ended.

čemu je sve došao kraj.

When I look back now from this high hill of my old age,

Kada sad pogledam unazad

s ovog visokog brda svoje starosti,

I can still see the butchered women and children

još uvijek vidim iskasapljene žene i djecu,

i njihova tijela na gomili, ili pak razbacana

lying heaped and scattered all along the crooked gulch,

duž zavojitog korita.

Vidim ih jasno kao onomad

as plain as when I saw them

with eyes still young.

kad mi oči bijahu mlade.

And I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud

I vidim da je još nešto umrlo u tom zakrvavljenom blatu

i bilo sahranjeno pod sniježnom olujom.

and was buried in the blizzard.

A people's dream died there.

Umro je san jednog naroda,

And it was a beautiful dream."

a bio je to lijep san."

S ovim događajem,

With this event,

a new era in Native American history began.

nova era u istoriji Američkih starosjedilaca je započela.

Everything can be measured before Wounded Knee and after,

Sve se dijeli na period

prije Ranjenog Koljena i poslije.

because it was in this moment,

Jer, tog je trenutka,

with the fingers on the triggers of the Hotchkiss guns,

s prstom na okidaču Hočkins topova,

that the US government openly declared its position on Native rights.

Američka vlada otvoreno iznijela svoj stav o pravima starosjedilaca.

Bilo im je dosta sporazuma.

They were tired of treaties.

Bilo im je dosta svetih planina.

They were tired of sacred hills.

Bilo im je dosta plesa duhova.

They were tired of ghost dances.

And they were tired of all the inconveniences of the Sioux.

I bilo im je dosta svih nevolja sa Sijuksima.

Tako da su iznijeli topove.

So they brought out their cannons.

"You want to be an Indian now?" they said,

"Hoćeš li sad da budeš Indijanac?", pitali su

finger on the trigger.

držeći prst na okidaču.

1900:

1900.:

the US Indian population reached its low point --

Broj američkih Indijanaca je najniži u istoriji -

less than 250,000,

ima ih manje od 250.000.

compared to an estimated eight million in 1492.

A smatra se, da je taj broj iznosio osam miliona

1492. godine.

Fast-forward.

Prelazim na godinu

1980:

1980.:

The longest-running court case in US history,

Najduži sudski proces u američkoj istoriji,

Sijuks Nacija protiv Sjedinjenih Američkih Država,

the Sioux Nation versus the United States,

was ruled upon by the US Supreme Court.

se vodi na Ustavnom Sudu Sjedinjenih Američkih Država.

The court determined that when the Sioux were resettled onto reservations

Sud je zaključio da je prisilno naseljavanje Sijuksa u rezervate,

i tim naseljavanjem bijelcima doseljenicima

and seven million acres of their land were opened up

i tragačima za zlatom omogućeni pristup

to prospectors and homesteaders,

the terms of the second Fort Laramie Treaty

indijanskoj zemlji s površinom od 28 328 km²,

had been violated.

kršenje odredaba Drugog sporazuma iz Fort Laramija.

The court stated that the Black Hills were illegally taken,

Sud je odlučio

da je planina Blek Hils protuzakonito oduzeta

and that the initial offering price, plus interest,

i da prva ponuđena cijena sa kamatom

mora biti plaćena Sijuks Naciji.

should be paid to the Sioux Nation.

Kao naknadu za Blek Hils,

As payment for the Black Hills,

sud je odredio samo 106 miliona dolara

the court awarded only 106 million dollars to the Sioux Nation.

za Sijuks Naciju.

The Sioux refused the money with the rallying cry,

Sijuksi su odbili novac uz ujedinjeni poklič:

"The Black Hills are not for sale."

"Blek Hils nije na prodaju."

2010:

2010.:

Statistics about Native population today,

Statistike o domorodačkoj populaciji

more than a century after the massacre at Wounded Knee,

danas, više od jednog vijeka nakon masakra kod Ranjenog Koljena,

reveal the legacy of colonization,

otkrivaju posljedice kolonizacije,

prinuđene migracije

forced migration

and treaty violations.

i kršenja sporazuma.

Nezaposlenost na Pajn Ridž rezervatu

Unemployment on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

fluctuates between 85 and 90 percent.

oscilira između 85 i 90 posto.

The housing office is unable to build new structures,

Služba za stanovanje nije u mogućnosti da izgradi nove stambene objekte,

and existing structures are falling apart.

a postojeći objekti su u stanju raspadanja.

Mnogi nemaju krov nad glavom, a oni

Many are homeless,

and those with homes are packed into rotting buildings

koji ga imaju, dijele već istrule kuće s gomilom ljudi,

ponekad čak i sa pet drugih porodica.

with up to five families.

Thirty-nine percent of homes on Pine Ridge

39 posto kuća u Pajn Ridžu

nema struju.

have no electricity.

At least 60 percent of the homes on the reservation

U najmanje 60 posto kuća

are infested with black mold.

proširila se crna plijesan.

Više od 90 posto stanovnika

More than 90 percent of the population lives below the federal poverty line.

živi ispod državne granice siromaštva.

Stopa oboljelih od tuberkuloze je na Pajn Ridžu

The tuberculosis rate on Pine Ridge

is approximately eight times higher than the US national average.

otprilike osam puta viša od državnog prosjeka u S.A.D.-u.

The infant mortality rate is the highest on this continent,

Smrtnost djece

je najviša na ovom kontinetu

and is about three times higher than the US national average.

i otprilike tri puta viša od državnog prosjeka.

Cervical cancer is five times higher

Rak maternice je pet puta češći

than the US national average.

od državnog prosjeka.

The school dropout rate is up to 70 percent.

70 posto mladih napuste školu bez ikakve diplome.

Učitelji i nastavnici se mijenjaju

Teacher turnover is eight times higher than the US national average.

čak osam puta češće nego u ostatku zemlje.

Frequently, grandparents are raising their grandchildren

Bake i djedovi često odgajaju svoju unučad,

jer roditelji, zbog ovisnosti o alkoholizmu,

because parents, due to alcoholism,

domestic violence and general apathy,

obiteljskog nasilja i opšte apatije,

sami nisu u stanju voditi brigu o njima.

cannot raise them.

Fifty percent of the population over the age of 40

50 posto stanovnika starijih od 40 godina

suffers from diabetes.

boluje od dijabetesa.

The life expectancy for men is between 46 and 48 years old --

Prosječna životna dob za muškarce

iznosi između 46

i 48 godina -

roughly the same as in Afghanistan and Somalia.

što je otprilike ista brojka kao

u Avganistanu i Somaliji.

The last chapter in any successful genocide

Posljednje poglavlje svakog uspjelog genocida

is the one in which the oppressor

je ono u kojem se ugnjetač,

can remove their hands and say,

može udaljiti i reći:

"My god -- what are these people doing to themselves?

"Gospode, šta čine ovi ljudi jedni drugima?

Ubijaju jedni druge.

They're killing each other.

They're killing themselves

Ubijaju sami sebe,

while we watch them die."

dok mi posmatramo kako umiru."

This is how we came to own these United States.

Na taj način smo postali gospodari Sjedinjenih Država.

This is the legacy

Ovo je naslijeđe

of Manifest Destiny.

američke doktrine osvajanja kontinenta.

Prisoners are still born into prisoner of war camps,

Zatvorenici se i danas rađaju

u logorima za ratne zarobljenike

long after the guards are gone.

godinama nakon što su čuvari otišli.

These are the bones left after the best meat has been taken.

Ovo su kosti koje ostanu

nakon što se uzme najbolje meso.

Nekad davno

A long time ago,

a series of events was set in motion

desile su se stvari, koje su pokrenuli

by a people who look like me, by wasichu,

ljudi koji izgledaju kao ja, wašichu

željni da otmu zemlju i vodu

eager to take the land and the water and the gold in the hills.

i zlato u brdima.

Those events led to a domino effect that has yet to end.

Takva djela imaju posljedice

koje se još uvijek osjete.

As removed as we, the dominant society, may feel

Ma koliko se udaljeno od dominirajućeg društva

from a massacre in 1890,

činio masakr iz 1890,

or a series of broken treaties 150 years ago,

ili niz sporazuma prekršenih prije 150 godina,

I still have to ask you the question:

moram Vam postaviti pitanje,

kako se osjećate nakon što znate današnju statistiku?

How should you feel about the statistics of today?

Koja veza postoji između

What is the connection between these images of suffering

ovih slika patnje

and the history that I just read to you?

i podataka iz istorije koje sam pročitao?

I koji dio ove istorije

And how much of this history do you need to own, even?

je Vaša istorija?

Is any of this your responsibility today?

Da li je nešto od ovoga i Vaša odgovornost?

I have been told that there must be something we can do.

Rečeno mi je da i mi na neki način možemo pomoći.

There must be some call to action.

Mi moramo djelovati.

Because for so long, I've been standing on the sidelines,

Jer ja sam dovoljno dugo stajao sa strane

zadovoljan tek time što sam svjedok,

content to be a witness,

koji samo fotografiše.

just taking photographs.

Because the solutions seem so far in the past,

Zato što se čini da se rješenje nalazi u prošlosti,

I needed nothing short of a time machine to access them.

trebao mi je ništa manje nego vremeplov

da bih mogao doći do tih rješenja.

The suffering of indigenous peoples is not a simple issue to fix.

Patnja indigenih naroda

nije lako rješiv problem.

It's not something everyone can get behind

To nije nešto u čemu svi mogu učestvovati

the way they get behind helping Haiti,

kao što su učestvovali u pomoći Haitiju,

or ending AIDS, or fighting a famine.

ili borbi protiv SIDE, ili borbi protiv gladi.

The "fix," as it's called,

Popravka situacije, kako se naziva,

may be much more difficult for the dominant society

je mnogo komplikovanija za dominantno društvo

than, say, a $50 check

od, recimo, uplaćivanja čeka na iznos od 50 dolara

or a church trip to paint some graffiti-covered houses,

ili izleta organizovanog od strane crkve

s ciljem krečenja kuća ispisanih grafitima,

or a suburban family

ili poklanjanja odjeće koju obitelj

donating a box of clothes they don't even want anymore.

iz predgrađa više ne nosi.

So where does that leave us?

Šta je dakle preostalo?

Shrugging our shoulders in the dark?

Slegnuti ramenima?

Sjedinjene Države

The United States continues on a daily basis to violate the terms

nastavljaju da dnevno

krše uslove sporazuma

of the 1851 and 1868 Fort Laramie Treaties with the Lakota.

koje su 1851. i 1868. godine

potpisali sa Lakotama u Fort Laramiju.

The call to action I offer today --

Poziv na akciju, koji ja danas predlažem -

moja TED želja - je slijedeće:

my TED wish -- is this:

Honor the treaties.

Poštujte sporazume.

Give back the Black Hills.

Vratite Blek Hils.

It's not your business what they do with them.

Ne tiče Vas se šta Indijanci tamo rade.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)