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On the recordJune 10, 2009
Our first national policy was to kill all the Indians. That was our national policy. Get rid of them. Then the next national policy was to assimilate them, make them as part of America. Then the third policy was to terminate them.
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Eni Faleomavaega
American Samoa

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Faleomavaega discusses the historical policies towards Native Americans and their recognition.

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