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Lisa Murkowski: “He claimed the need to 'kill the Indian, save the man.'”

On the recordJune 21, 2022
He claimed the need to 'kill the Indian, save the man.'
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski references Richard Henry Pratt's harmful ideology behind boarding schools.

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