On the recordMarch 17, 2009
Don't even recognize them and their given character and ethnic recognition, so assimilation was the next national policy that we had in mind.
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congress.govEni Faleomavaega: “Don't even recognize them and their given character and ethnic recognition, so assimilation was the next national policy…”
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Faleomavaega critiques the U.S. approach to Native American identity.
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