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Don Young: “It was theirs, before. And to take and be this small, and not say it is their right, is wrong.”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
It was theirs, before. And to take and be this small, and not say it is their right, is wrong.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

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Don Young argues for recognizing the historical rights of aboriginal communities to their lands.

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