How We Stand: Director Marie Clements Shines Light on Forgotten History of Native American Relocation in Los Angeles The streets of Los Angeles are often touted as a melting pot of cultures, but beneath the surface lies a complex web of histories and identities that rarely intersect in mainstream narratives.
The legacy of the Native American Relocation Program, which forcibly relocated thousands of indigenous people from rural reservations to urban centers like LA in the 1950s, is one such story.
This brutal chapter in American history has been largely erased from collective memory, but its effects still resonate today.