In this Discussion, we identify barriers to justice, self-determination, and sustainable development and evaluate activism and acts of resistance. 

Discussion 2 We Overcome

In this Discussion, we identify barriers to justice, self-determination, and sustainable development and evaluate activism and acts of resistance.

Watch
Episode 5 of the “American Experience” documentary series
We Shall Remain

AWAKE: A Dream from Standing Rock

Berta Vive.
https://www.tercoproducciones.com/bertavive

Choose a case portrayed in one of the three films. In your first post, address the following:

Identify a principle barrier to justice, self-determination, or sustainable development the Indigenous community or organization must confront. Choose something specific that you find interesting. (Examples include, but are not limited to, corrupt government, American Indian policies that undermine human rights or Indigenous sovereignty, criminal activity directed at Indigenous people or communities, or development projects that threaten the lives and homes of Indigenous people.)
Based on what you have learned by reading and watching the films, what kind of activism or acts of resistance seem to you to be most effective in confronting the barrier you identify? (Those actually used or others you know about.)
Why?