Amplifying Indigenous history at the Roosevelt library

The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library will open its doors to the public this Saturday on the 250th anniversary of the United States’ declaration of independence. The library will explore the former president’s legacy and his transformational years in the Badlands of North Dakota in the 1880s. But it will also confront Roosevelt’s history of racist remarks and the policies he supported that continue to have a detrimental effect on Native Americans across the country. North Dakota Monitor reporter Jacob Orledge joins host Craig Blumenshine to discuss his reporting on the subject and what he learned from speaking to Native American leaders, historians and a member of the Roosevelt family. A Closer Look with the Monitor is a partnership with Prairie Public Main Street.