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Ned Norris Jr.: Regardless of whether or not these sites are on or off the Tohono O'odham Nation, we are on this reservation not because…

On the recordFebruary 25, 2020
Regardless of whether or not these sites are on or off the Tohono O'odham Nation, we are on this reservation not because we wanted to be on this reservation, but our ancestral lands extended well beyond where our current reservation land is today.
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Ned Norris Jr.

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Ned Norris Jr. explains the significance of ancestral lands beyond current reservations.

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