May 4, 2014
President Barak Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Obama,
My name is Allison Irish and I am a freshman at Scituate High School in Scituate, Massachusetts. I am writing this letter in an attempt for you to take action on an issue that has been overlooked for years. On behalf of the Sioux people and many other tribes, who have been stripped of their land and stuck in reservations, I hope you truly hear what I am saying through my words below. These people deserve the same rights as every other American citizen. This world is supposed to be free yet there are still prisoners. Not people who have committed crime but innocent families; children that have been born, for generations, into a community full of Prisoners of War. This grudge that has been held needs to be addressed in a proper, sincere way. I hope that this letter will help you, Mr. President, take a step in the right direction.
The Sioux people made an agreement with the United States government over 100 years ago that stated that they could keep the territory that belonged to them, the Lakota Territory. The president at that time broke that promise, and completely left millions with nothing but poor reservations. I am not saying that this is your fault, but I am saying that you could be the one to do something about it. Because of this one wrong action the life expediency of men in these communities is 46-48 years old. 90% of all families in these reservations live below the federal poverty line. The school drop of rate is 70% and 39% of people have no electricity. Most of the country does not even know about the Sioux people. That their neighbors are living as if they were citizens of a "Third World" country. There are people that care about these lives and more will too if they are informed. We need to make a change.
The President, the leader, the protector, the person people look to for help and guidance; this is the person the Sioux people are in need for. Please, do not let more innocent people die because of harsh conditions. You are the only person who is capable of change. Consider my proposal, and I hope that you become the man who stands up for its people and listens and addresses their problems. Be the man who stand by the constitution that our Four Fathers created, to make all men and woman free.
Dig deep, hear what I'm saying.
Sincerely,
Allison Irish
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