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Rubén Gallego: “Let's be clear, our country has a deeply rooted, sometimes horrifying, history with Native Americans and boarding…”

On the recordMay 15, 2019
Let's be clear, our country has a deeply rooted, sometimes horrifying, history with Native Americans and boarding schools.
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Rubén Gallego
Democratic · Arizona

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Gallego acknowledges the troubling history of Native American boarding schools.

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