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Article: A fragile miracle: defying five hundred years of conquest, Native people continue to survive--and continue to speak out for their rights and culture. Is the church paying attention?
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- November 1, 2001
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"Nice place you got here--your country, my land."
E. Donald Two-Rivers
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, IN AN ESSAY for English class, a Minnesota ninth grader described Native Americans as "beer-bellied, poaching maniacs." He continued, "They think that because they were in America before we were, they should be able to kill as many of whatever kind of animal they wish. But as I recall, we won the country fair and square. We are a dying race. They are expanding like rabbits, and soon we will be the minority and live by their laws." In the upper Midwest, a region where Native hunting and fishing rights guaranteed by treaty have led to sometimes violent clashes ("Spear ...