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OCR Page 1 of 30JUN-15-00 15:11 FROM:
Hate Incidents Against Native Americans
The Hate Crimes Prevention Act would amend the 30-year-old federal stature currently used
to prosecute hate crimes in the United States. Current law is restrictive because it only
allows federal involvement if the victim was targeted because he or she was engaged in a
federally protected activity and because of the victim's race, religion, national origin or color.
HCPA would broaden the federal government's ability to assist in the investigation and
prosecution of hate violence resulting in death and bodily injury, including those committed
against Native Americans, by removing the federally-protected activity requirement and by
adding sexual orientation, gender and disability to the categories covered.
October 1999
Native Americans in South Dakota were the targets of a despicable, hate-filled and
derogatory "hunting" notice that ran in the Sicangu Times as an advertisement. The
advertisement was made to look like an official hunting and fishing season announcement
from the state. The ad outlined the rules for "Indian Hunting Season," including approved
methods of killing. This shocking example of racism against Native Americans outraged
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (-CO) who denounced the ad on the Senate floor
(comments and contents of ad attached).
June 4, 2000, Rapid City, South Dakota
Press reports (see attached Washington Post article) indicare that police are "baffled" by a
series of eight inexplicable drowning deaths among mostly Native Americans along Rapid
Creek that have occurred over the course of 14 months. While law enforcement initially
thought that the severely intoxicated men were drowning by accident while they slept, local
Native Americans are skeptical of law enforcement and believe that "Indians get a whole
different kind of justice in South Dakota." According to the press, they believe an "Indian-
hater" is waiting for the victims to become drunk and then dragging, rolling or pushing them
into the water. These incidents come on the heels of a March 2000 report from the U.S.
Civil Rights Commission that shows that racial rensions in the state are high and that
American Indians in South Dakota have a dim view of how justice is meted out in the state.
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