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    Trump's 'Pocahontas' swipe raises the long history of problems between the government and Native Americans

    by Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times Nov 29, 2017 4 minutes

    When President Donald Trump called Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren "Pocahontas" this week during a ceremony honoring Navajo war veterans, he didn't just ignite a controversy over whether he used a racial slur against an opponent.

    Trump also reopened a broader conversation about the federal government's uneasy relationship with, and abusive treatment of, Native Americans. It's a history that included mass killings and efforts to strip tribes of their land, language and culture. More recently conflicts have shifted to cultural and legal fights over property rights, mascots and casinos.

    "Trump is not alone in making insensitive comments or doing insensitive or downright horrible things that hurt American Indians," said the Rev. John Norwood, general

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