The readings for this week cover the truths of Indigenous history that often go untold in the traditional settings of United States history. The stories they cover discuss issues and realities that the United States would rather leave unspoken, because there is no justification for them. Thinking specifically about Toni Jensen’s “Women in the Frackland,” the rhetoric of the United States is okay to discuss the reality of abuse and rape of women, because every country deals with these issues. The rhetoric of the United States, actually tells women to be grateful because in many other countries they could actually be worse off. However, the connection between the missing and murder of indigenous women to the location of pipelines doesn’t allow