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http://www.vimeo.com/7024658 (First half hour)
http://www.vimeo.com/7026947 (Second Half Hour)
The Cross-Country Bicycle Ride that's collecting different environmental perspective along the Southern Tier of the United States finds itself leaving Tempe, AZ heading for New Mexico.
First stop is at the San Carlos Apache tribe reservation, home of the 10th largest Indian reservation in the United States. There is something about a Native American perspective that will be crucial to a documentary series collecting environmental perspective. Meet the Tribal Chairman on the Apache Rez and hear what he thinks and where we are headed environmentally.
After 1 month on the road the bike ride that left from Newport Beach arrives at the New Mexico State Border. Jeff and Mike meet up with an old friend for a day of riding. Luckily their friend Zain is a Doctor of Pain Management and he came prepared to heal the aching bodies that are pulling 75 pounds of weight on a trailer attached to a bicycle across the country.
After crossing an 8000 foot peak in freezing conditions the bicyclists meet up with two people who show them 2 different approaches to building an environmentally friendly home.
Nestled in the hills of the Gila National Forrest is the Black Range Lodge a cozy bed and breakfast where aside from the beautiful setting guests come hear to learn about building a house out of Straw Bales. Catherine Wanek, the owner of the Black Range Lodge shows us how people can build with straw bales and tells us why this approach could be so beneficial to people, communities and the planet.
http://www.vimeo.com/7026947
Episode 2-2 wraps up the straw bale segment and heads to Las Cruces NM to learn about building with another environmentally friendly material, Adobe. Just like a straw bale Adobe's homes are super insulators. Pat Taylor who restores historical Adobe buildings, teaches us some simple approaches to making adobe.
Jeff and Mike cross the border into the massive state of Texas. The bike riders take a deep breath and take an in depth look at Air Quality. That should be easy to do in El Paso, TX because 2008 marked the first year that they hit the air quality goals set by the EPA. El Paso and it's border city Juarez have worked together to clean up the air quality. How did they do it? You'll meet Jesus Reynoso and Bob Currey to learn about Air Quality and Health, major contributors to bad air pollution, and what you can do to clean up the air that we are all helping to pollute.
Episode 2 closes with a segment about the Poo Poo Choo Choo rolling into Sierra Blanca, TX. That's Right! In the 1990's the Clinton Administration banned dumping toxic waste in the Ocean. The unintended consequences of this good action was that the toxic waste had to go somewhere. As a result this meant that states could now transport toxic waste domestically.
Nearly 2100 miles away from Sierra Blanca, TX a train carrying toxic poop left on a journey to deliver its load into the backyards of the residents of Sierra Blanca. Hear from 2 local people that tell us how things were for them back in the 90's when Poo Poo Choo Choo dumped 250 tons on them per day.
Project: Southern Tier 2-2 from Jeff Hyland on Vimeo.
http://www.vimeo.com/7024658 (first half hour)
http://www.vimeo.com/7026947 (second half hour)(please share with your friends)
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Native Peoples Magazine features articles written by authors that create sensitive portrayals of the indigenous people of North and South America.
It is considered the periodical voice of the American Indian community.Native Peoples Magazine features articles written by authors that create sensitive... more
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http://www.vimeo.com/7024658
The Cross-Country Bicycle Ride that's collecting different environmental perspective along the Southern Tier of the United States finds itself leaving Tempe, AZ heading for New Mexico.
First stop is at the San Carlos Apache tribe reservation, home of the 10th largest Indian reservation in the United States. There is something about a Native American perspective that will be crucial to a documentary series collecting environmental perspective. Meet the Tribal Chairman on the Apache Rez and hear what he thinks and where we are headed environmentally.
After 1 month on the road the bike ride that left from Newport Beach arrives at the New Mexico State Border. Jeff and Mike meet up with an old friend for a day of riding. Luckily their friend Zain is a Doctor of Pain Management and he came prepared to heal the aching bodies that are pulling 75 pounds of weight on a trailer attached to a bicycle across the country.
After crossing an 8000 foot peak in freezing conditions the bicyclists meet up with two people who show them 2 different approaches to building an environmentally friendly home.
Nestled in the hills of the Gila National Forrest is the Black Range Lodge a cozy bed and breakfast where aside from the beautiful setting guests come hear to learn about building a house out of Straw Bales. Catherine Wanek, the owner of the Black Range Lodge shows us how people can build with straw bales and tells us why this approach could be so beneficial to people, communities and the planet.
http://www.vimeo.com/7026947
Episode 2-2 wraps up the straw bale segment and heads to Las Cruces NM to learn about building with another environmentally friendly material, Adobe. Just like a straw bale Adobe's homes are super insulators. Pat Taylor who restores historical Adobe buildings, teaches us some simple approaches to making adobe.
Jeff and Mike cross the border into the massive state of Texas. The bike riders take a deep breath and take an in depth look at Air Quality. That should be easy to do in El Paso, TX because 2008 marked the first year that they hit the air quality goals set by the EPA. El Paso and it's border city Juarez have worked together to clean up the air quality. How did they do it? You'll meet Jesus Reynoso and Bob Currey to learn about Air Quality and Health, major contributors to bad air pollution, and what you can do to clean up the air that we are all helping to pollute.
Episode 2 closes with a segment about the Poo Poo Choo Choo rolling into Sierra Blanca, TX. That's Right! In the 1990's the Clinton Administration banned dumping toxic waste in the Ocean. The unintended consequences of this good action was that the toxic waste had to go somewhere. As a result this meant that states could now transport toxic waste domestically.
Nearly 2100 miles away from Sierra Blanca, TX a train carrying toxic poop left on a journey to deliver its load into the backyards of the residents of Sierra Blanca. Hear from 2 local people that tell us how things were for them back in the 90's when Poo Poo Choo Choo dumped 250 tons on them per day.
Project: Southern Tier 2-2 from Jeff Hyland on Vimeo.
http://www.vimeo.com/7024658
http://www.vimeo.com/7026947http://www.vimeo.com/7024658
The Cross-Country Bicycle Ride that's collecting... more
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The Cross-Country Bicycle Ride that's collecting different environmental perspective along the Southern Tier of the United States finds itself leaving Tempe, AZ heading for New Mexico.
First stop is at the San Carlos Apache tribe reservation, home of the 10th largest Indian reservation in the United States. There is something about a Native American perspective that will be crucial to a documentary series collecting environmental perspective. Meet the Tribal Chairman on the Apache Rez and hear what he thinks and where we are headed environmentally.
After 1 month on the road the bike ride that left from Newport Beach arrives at the New Mexico State Border. Jeff and Mike meet up with an old friend for a day of riding. Luckily their friend Zain is a Doctor of Pain Management and he came prepared to heal the aching bodies that are pulling 75 pounds of weight on a trailer attached to a bicycle across the country.
After crossing an 8000 foot peak in freezing conditions the bicyclists meet up with two people who show them 2 different approaches to building an environmentally friendly home.
Nestled in the hills of the Gila National Forrest is the Black Range Lodge a cozy bed and breakfast where aside from the beautiful setting guests come hear to learn about building a house out of Straw Bales. Catherine Wanek, the owner of the Black Range Lodge shows us how people can build with straw bales and tells us why this approach could be so beneficial to people, communities and the planet.The Cross-Country Bicycle Ride that's collecting different environmental perspective... more
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Project: Southern Tier Episode 2-1
The Cross-Country Bicycle Ride that's collecting different environmental perspective along the Southern Tier of the United States finds itself leaving Tempe, AZ heading for New Mexico.
First stop is at the San Carlos Apache tribe reservation, home of the 10th largest Indian reservation in the United States. There is something about a Native American perspective that will be crucial to a documentary series collecting environmental perspective. Meet the Tribal Chairman on the Apache Rez and hear what he thinks and where we are headed environmentally.
After 1 month on the road the bike ride that left from Newport Beach arrives at the New Mexico State Border. Jeff and Mike meet up with an old friend for a day of riding. Luckily their friend Zain is a Doctor of Pain Management and he came prepared to heal the aching bodies that are pulling 75 pounds of weight on a trailer attached to a bicycle across the country.
After crossing an 8000 foot peak in freezing conditions the bicyclists meet up with two people who show them 2 different approaches to building an environmentally friendly home.
Nestled in the hills of the Gila National Forrest is the Black Range Lodge a cozy bed and breakfast where aside from the beautiful setting guests come hear to learn about building a house out of Straw Bales. Catherine Wanek, the owner of the Black Range Lodge shows us how people can build with straw bales and tells us why this approach could be so beneficial to people, communities and the planet.Project: Southern Tier Episode 2-1
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Like many Native Americans around the U.S., elders in the Warm Springs tribe want to pass along language as part of their rich culture.Like many Native Americans around the U.S., elders in the Warm Springs tribe want to... more
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Sept 15 2009
"The United States Department of Justice has once again made a mockery of its lofty and pretentious title.
After releasing an original and continuing disciple of death cult leader Charles Manson who attempted to shoot President Gerald Ford, an admitted Croatian terrorist, and another attempted assassin of President Ford under the mandatory 30-year parole law, the U.S. Parole Commission deemed that my release would “promote disrespect for the law.”
If only the federal government would have respected its own laws, not to mention the treaties that are, under the U.S. Constitution, the supreme law of the land, I would never have been convicted nor forced to spend more than half my life in captivity. Not to mention the fact that every law in this country was created without the consent of Native peoples and is applied unequally at our expense. If nothing else, my experience should raise serious questions about the FBI's supposed jurisdiction in Indian Country.
The parole commission's phrase was lifted from soon-to-be former U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley, who apparently hopes to ride with the FBI cavalry into the office of North Dakota governor. In this Wrigley is following in the footsteps of William Janklow, who built his political career on his reputation as an Indian fighter, moving on up from tribal attorney (and alleged rapist of a Native minor) to state attorney general, South Dakota governor, and U.S. Congressman. Some might recall that Janklow claimed responsibility for dissuading President Clinton from pardoning me before he was convicted of manslaughter. Janklow's historical predecessor, George Armstrong Custer, similarly hoped that a glorious massacre of the Sioux would propel him to the White House, and we all know what happened to him.
Unlike the barbarians that bay for my blood in the corridors of power, however, Native people are true humanitarians who pray for our enemies. Yet we must be realistic enough to organize for our own freedom and equality as nations. We constitute 5% of the population of North Dakota and 10% of South Dakota and we could utilize that influence to promote our own power on the reservations, where our focus should be. If we organized as a voting bloc, we could defeat the entire premise of the competition between the Dakotas as to which is the most racist. In the 1970s we were forced to take up arms to affirm our right to survival and self-defense, but today the war is one of ideas. We must now stand up to armed oppression and colonization with our bodies and our minds. International law is on our side.
Given the complexion of the three recent federal parolees, it might seem that my greatest crime was being Indian. But the truth is that my gravest offense is my innocence. In Iran, political prisoners are occasionally released if they confess to the ridiculous charges on which they are dragged into court, in order to discredit and intimidate them and other like-minded citizens. The FBI and its mouthpieces have suggested the same, as did the parole commission in 1993, when it ruled that my refusal to confess was grounds for denial of parole"......
"In America, there can by definition be no political prisoners, only those duly judged guilty in a court of law. It is deemed too controversial to even publicly contemplate that the federal government might fabricate and suppress evidence to defeat those deemed political enemies. But it is a demonstrable fact at every stage of my case.
I am Barack Obama's political prisoner now, and I hope and pray that he will adhere to the ideals that impelled him to run for president. But as Obama himself would acknowledge, if we are expecting him to solve our problems, we missed the point of his campaign. Only by organizing in our own communities and pressuring our supposed leaders can we bring about the changes that we all so desperately need"...Leonard Peltier
Full Letter can be read @
http://blogs.myspace.com/freepeltierSept 15 2009
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Today is World Day of Prayer and I know scores upon scores of discord is being settled everyday by consciencious people just like me and you. People who know we are more than our complexions, cultural, ethnic and national backgrounds. People who know we are All God's Children and deserve to be treated as such.Today is World Day of Prayer and I know scores upon scores of discord is being... more
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95-year-old Crow Indian who went into battle wearing war paint under his World War II uniform has been awarded the nation's highest civilian honor.
Wearing a traditional headdress, Joe Medicine Crow on Wednesday received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House. The award was clasped around his neck by President Barack Obama.
"Dr. Medicine Crow's life reflects not only the warrior spirit of the Crow people, but America's highest ideals," Obama said as he introduced him and called him "a good man" in the Crow language.
Medicine Crow broke tradition and briefly spoke after Obama gave him the medal, telling the president he was "highly honored" to receive it.95-year-old Crow Indian who went into battle wearing war paint under his World War II... more
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For a formidable and growing global community of supporters, the prospect of Native American activist Leonard Peltier finally leaving prison inspires a longing that cuts to the depths of the soul.
So Peltier’s first parole hearing of the Obama Era — on Tuesday, July 28 — inspired hope of an intensity that will have a major impact on the new presidency. A decision must come from the Federal Parole Commission within three weeks. His attorney is calling for a surge of public support that would create an irresistible political climate for Leonard’s release.
The relationship between Peltier and those who have followed his case over the decades can be intensely personal. His imprisonment has come to stand not only for five centuries of unjust violence waged against Native Americans, but also for the inhumane theft of the life of a man who has handled his 33 years in jail with epic dignity, effectiveness and grace.
Peltier’s latest parole hearing convened at the federal penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where he is currently held. According to Eric Seitz, Peltier’s Honolulu-based attorney, Peltier spoke for more than an hour “with great eloquence” about the nature of his case, his imprisonment and his plans for freedom. “The hearing officer seemed to listen carefully,” said Seitz. “We thought it went very well.”For a formidable and growing global community of supporters, the prospect of Native... more
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A one-minute abstract/horror film based on the Saw film series. Produced by the Documentary Film club at the Native American Community Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico.A one-minute abstract/horror film based on the Saw film series. Produced by the... more
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I've heard so much about how "great" a single payer system will be for America, but I have to ask: if the Federal Government can't get it right for our Native Americans, why should we trust them with our care?
From the New England Journal of Medicine
"The outdated, understaffed hospital in this community had only four beds, a busy outpatient clinic with five working exam rooms, and a small emergency room with four stations. A few run-down trailers held additional clinics and services. A sign on the door of the emergency room cautioned patients not to bring firearms into the facility — a constant reminder of perennial violence and trauma. After the vast, shiny university teaching hospital in which I had most recently worked, this facility came as quite a shock.
Part of my job was to help cover the emergency room. Although the hospital was built to be staffed by 12 physicians, only 3 others worked there when I arrived. During every emergency room shift, I cared for adults and children with broken bones from unintentional injuries and car accidents, attended to patients in various stages of alcohol or drug intoxication, and treated the unfortunate and often preventable complications of chronic disease.
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Although the federal government has a trust responsibility to provide health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives, the Indian Health Service is substantially underfunded and understaffed. This service was established in 1955 to provide primary care and public health services on or near Indian reservations. Although it can take credit for great improvements in health status, significant disparities in health and the quality of care persist 50 years later (see Figure 1). Many factors contribute to these disparities, but the failure of the federal government to adequately fund the Indian Health Service for the provision of care to the 1.8 million patients it is supposed to serve means that the promises of treaties signed in the 1800s have never been fulfilled. Indian Health Service per capita health care expenditures are much lower than those of other health care systems in the United States."
Here's another article by the Commonwealth Fund
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/roubideaux_qualityhltcare_aians_756.pdf
Finally, read this article, from which I got my title:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-giago/how-will-universal-health_b_218636.html
"Those Americans opposed to it compare it to Canada's or Britain's health care systems, which they say are nothing but socialized medicine. The Indian Health Care system, deemed a "historic failure" by Sebelius, has also been labeled as socialized medicine, and the fact that she would label it as a failure does not place much faith in an even larger universal health care system. It just seems that every time the federal government takes total control over anything, failure is almost assured. Watch out General Motors."
"This brings us full circle to the old saying, 'If you think the government can solve all of our problems ask an Indian.'I've heard so much about how "great" a single payer system will be for America, but I... more
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Archaeologists are slowly unearthing the ghastly secrets of Cahokia, an ancient city under the American heartland
Ever since the first Europeans came to North America, only to discover the puzzling fact that other people were already living here, the question of how to understand the Native American past has been both difficult and politically charged. For many years, American Indian life was viewed through a scrim of interconnected bigotry and romance, which simultaneously served to idealize the pre-contact societies of the Americas and to justify their destruction. Pre-Columbian life might be understood as savage and brutal darkness or an eco-conscious Eden where man lived in perfect harmony with nature. But it seemed to exist outside history, as if the native people of this continent were for some reason exempt from greed, cruelty, warfare and other near-universal characteristics of human society.Archaeologists are slowly unearthing the ghastly secrets of Cahokia, an ancient city... more
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Economics has merged with sex, drugs, and rock and roll in the buzz of our World while the issues of hunger, poverty, and disease do get press, but the real answers to these problems are ignored or unknown. We who know need come together to spread the truth.
The hidden science of Embera people, as held for millennia in the clan of the traditional medicine family I am married into, begs to be known. The suffering of our fellow man is a common cry of which much business has been made, and as this commercialization has grown so has the suffering.
It has been my life to witness and understand the processes that cure cancer, diabetes, AIDS, alcohol and drug addictions, and other ills. It has been quite an experience. Just the memories are humbling as often comes to my mind my own inadequacies in attempting to share this medicine way with others.
It seems that my expectations were very naïve. My feeling was childlike in that I felt it would simply be a matter of telling the truth of what had been presented to me, and that others would follow to help spread this knowledge for the benefit of all.
First I learned about the medicine, and a few years later our Creator led me to its source. Here in the Republic of Panama, since the European invasion, the dominant culture has thrived in its own malignant way. Just outside the big cities limits there is a practice that has been an unbroken continuous act of tradition in a millenarian healing science in which people of all cultures, mostly what some would call poor people, have benefited thru miraculous cures.
My attempts to bring this practice into the forefront have been met with mostly disbelief, and uncaring. Although on some occasions there have been those who have wanted to profit on this knowledge for their own petty gain.
In the years of our struggle there are many stories within this theme of healing, but the one constant that is ever present is that this knowledge has been gifted to this humble Embera clan by God, and that His will is what will prevail.
My words have become like prayer, my prayers are like my breath, a constant action necessary to life. In knowing that life breeds life thru the covenants made with our Creator, and that the process of right living is what honors our agreements and maintains balance between our world and the others; well, this is the history of our journey in healing. This is not so much about the individual, but what we together can do for the common good.
One of the basic elements in healing is the application of positive mind and prayer. An illness will not take as firm a hold in a right mind as in one that has no faith. Another facet of equal importance is to adhere to a proper diet while on a healing regimen. The diet need not be vegetarian rather free of refined sugar, low in fats, and free of chemicals and other additives.
The best food is prayed over and whose source is one of a happy life. In other words food is sacred and should be treated and eaten as such. Medicine is a food that when gathered and prepared in the right way offers powerful healing.
The positive mind and prayer of the person who is ill along with those of family and friends is what best allows the spirit of the medicine to enter into the body brining the patient back to health. Now if this sounds easy beware and take from my experience. There is much that is evil in our world, and we are nothing without God.
As far as individuals go there are not many real healers left, and while the options for those who are looking are maybe overwhelming the truth is what begs to be known.
Why is it not a recognized right to allow traditional Native American medicine as an alternative to treat cancer patients, and other ills in the United States?
Why is it that so many believe that cancer, and AIDS cannot as yet be cured? How can we as a family of human kind understand we are not the owners of things, rather recipients of this gift of life...PlanetCancer.org Raymond HermenetEconomics has merged with sex, drugs, and rock and roll in the buzz of our World while... more
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Recently I read an article in a local newspaper, and looked at the accompanying photograph. It was about an event for a large group of adolescents with cancer here in the Republic of Panama. Upon understanding the material presented it was like being hit by an enormous wave of mixed feelings ranging from anger, to despair, to a sense of urgency for people to learn to think with their hearts instead of the falsehoods that have been placed in their minds.
The children of which the article was about were invited to a theatre of live actors, and then were treated with food from McDonalds and candy. In the photograph one could clearly see two mothers who are Native American Embera. So many things raced in my mind making me need to slow down, to write this down.
The irony of women born into a culture of people who are renowned healers killing their kids with junk food, and sugar, was like a sucker punch that caught me off guard. This cultural genocide has condemned their children while propagating the commercial advancement businesses that thrive on the suffering of our people, of all people.
My wife the healer, a woman of knowledge, my closest friend, and spiritual advisor, tells me it is so difficult to move forwards in a right way in these times as so many of us have lost faith in God. This is my dilemma in that my own faith drives me on in spite of whatever difficulty, but of course it is not me at all. In the prayer of these words our Creator has left His mark. Please read on letting this prayer share with you a bit about the life we lead in our home.
My family is a clan of Native American Embera healers. At the time this is written we have three patients living with us in the way of traditional medicine, and many others who come to be treated, and continue their treatments and recuperation at home. They need to regularly come over to receive medicines, and keep up the communication by cell phone so that my wife can give them any needed instructions that may come about.
It is the patients who live with us that are more immersed in this medicine way that succeeds where modern medicine does not. A young mother with full blown AIDS, and her infant son, in the time that they have spent here has been like passing from night to day. She has gained healthy weight along with a return to her youthful energy levels, while her son is parasite free, eating healthy for the first time. He has also been changing his dysfunctional behavior into the angelic playfulness of a happy boy.
What is so disturbing is now this young woman feels compelled to leave our home. She has been offered a job back where she has been living with her extended family. The father who raped her, the mother who did nothing along with the rest of her family members, are waiting her return in anticipation of her first paycheck. Her new boyfriend and ex husband who she has been stringing along are also.
This woman has been told many times, has hopefully come to understand, that one must honor their parents, but that she needs to separate herself, and her son, from her families parasitic behaviors. She has also been instructed not to have sexual relations during the entire time of her recuperation which could be up to a year. Now that she and her son are leaving our home we pray that she will be able to do this. Most of my empathy is with the boy. Her son is a miracle child, and a joy to be around. Now that he is going back into a nest of sin all that he will have is our prayers, and the time he has spent here with his mom.
In a previous blog is mentioned a medical doctor who brought us a cancer patient in the last stages of her illness. She got to coming over almost on a daily basis to receive poultices, and medicinal baths, in addition to a botanical remedy my wife prepares that through our Creators will cures cancer. Basically cancer is won through faith, and discipline to act with the proper diet to weaken the cancer, and... www.myspace.com/raymondhermenetRecently I read an article in a local newspaper, and looked at the accompanying... more
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Look what the Federal Government is doing to the Native Americans.
***This article has been chosen as a discussion topic on PFP Movement Radio, http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pfpmovementradio Friday night at 6pm-8pm. Please Call In To The Show, 347-633-9636. COMMENTS will be included in the show so feel free to discuss or ask questions here on current.com as they will be addressed during the show. This article will also air on Freedom Hour Saturday at 9pm-10pm on Movement TV http://www.peacefreedomprosperity.com/?page_id=36***Look what the Federal Government is doing to the Native Americans.
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