Jan 13, 1949 - "We (Indians) are forgotten in a land of plenty," he said. "We are prisoners in the land of our birth." - Robert Yellowtail
Indian says Reservations Like Concentration Camps 1949, Jan 13. The Canyon News Denver - A former Indian reservation superintendent has charged that there is only a "slight" difference between US reservations and Russian concentration camps. Robert Yellowtail, a Montana Crow Indian, told the National Congress of American Indians that residents of both are imprisoned and strictly controlled. "We (Indians) are forgotten in a land of plenty," he said. "We are prisoners in the land of our birth." Yellowtail said that the Government's Indian Bureau supposedly was created to "free the Red Man," but has spent more than $1 billion since 1903 to keep Indians on reservations. 1949, Jan 13. The Canyon News