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Article: Native American EPA Employees Still Endure Harassment During National Festival Celebrating Native Americans
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 21, 2004
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Native American EPA
employees endure a workplace that displays racially and ethnically
demeaning, offensive, and historically inaccurate paintings. While a
few blocks away, the National Museum of the American Indian opens as
part of a long overdue celebration of the culture and traditions of
the First Americans.
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in conjunction
with the firm of Latham & Watkins, LLP represent Native American EPA
employees who object to the paintings on display in the Ariel Rios
North Building in Washington, DC. The EPA paintings perpetuate
stereotypes of Native Americans as savages, murderers and sexual
predators.
The ...