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Article: Statements from Dineh and Hopi Resistors.(Native Americans speak against efforts of United States Government to seize more land)
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- Synthesis/Regeneration
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- September 22, 2001
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These people are euphemistically known as "traditionals." They are not members of the dominant society. They are not a part of "the modern world."
Most do not have electricity. They do not speak English as their first language, and some do not speak English at all.
They are not the kind of people who have a loud presence on "the Net," or "the Web," or in any mainstream media.
I believe this makes what they have to say that much more valuable.
This first statement comes from Kee Watchman, and is his address to the United Nations Human Rights Commission Fifty-seventh Session, March 19--April 27, 2001, International Indian Treaty Council, ...