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Native Mob

The Native Mob is a Native American street gang. The Native Mob is one of the largest and most violent Native American gangs in the U.S. and is notoriously active in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, and South Dakota. The gang was created in the 1990s in Minneapolis, Minnesota and in 2013 was created in Colorado, South Dakota to control drug turf, and has since established itself in prisons and the streets, and was estimated to have around 200 members. The Native Mob has been present in tribal communities in the region since the gang began in the 1990s and late 2000. Gang experts say the small town of Cass Lake, Minnesota on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community have been the center of the gang's operations, though the gang also runs operations out of the Twin Cities, Naytahwaush, and Prior Lake, Rapid City South Dakota. Members routinely engage in drug trafficking, assault, robbery, and murder. According to reports they are also located in Mandan, North Dakota Rapid City, South Dakota. These specific reports site that trafficking of primarily drugs from Mandan to other areas in Minnesota to South Dakota and Colorado. In 2014, Native Mob's membership is estimated to be around 200 members. Alleged gang leader Wakinyan McArthur was sentenced to 43 years in prison.…

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The Native Mob is a Native American street gang. The Native Mob is one of the largest and most violent Native American gangs in the U.S. and is notoriously active in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, and South Dakota. The gang was created in the 1990s in Minneapolis, Minnesota and in 2013 was created in Colorado, South Dakota to control drug turf, and has since established itself in prisons and the streets, and was estimated to have around 200 members. The Native Mob has been present in tribal communities in the region since the gang began in the 1990s and late 2000. Gang experts say the small town of Cass Lake, Minnesota on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community have been the center of the gang's operations, though the gang also runs operations out of the Twin Cities, Naytahwaush, and Prior Lake, Rapid City South Dakota. Members routinely engage in drug trafficking, assault, robbery, and murder. According to reports they are also located in Mandan, North Dakota Rapid City, South Dakota. These specific reports site that trafficking of primarily drugs from Mandan to other areas in Minnesota to South Dakota and Colorado. In 2014, Native Mob's membership is estimated to be around 200 members. Alleged gang leader Wakinyan McArthur was sentenced to 43 years in prison.…

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  1. members: 200 members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. members: 200 members — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the members is "200 members". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the members is "200 members". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378348197

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