Opinion: Transition to city tough for reservation dwellers

RAPID CITY — Back in the days when many American Indian reservation families were moving to Rapid City, especially in the 1940s, in search of employment, the first thing they ran into was the inability to find housing.
The white landlords, and all of the landlords were white, did not rent to Indians. There were no civil rights laws to protect minorities back then.

By: Tim Giago, Syndicated columnist