OK, from where I sit, I'm repulsed at the image of a bunch of bureaucrats who represent the conquerors telling a group of people that they don't exist as a group. And the reasons?
The tribe failed to prove descent from the historic Abenaki tribe, continuous identification as an Indian tribe, continuous
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But, it has segued into other things. It is far away from New York, but colonialism seems to rear its ugly head repeatedly and similarly in so many, many places. I saw, on
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