Richard Nixon actually said...

This will mark one of those periods in American history where, after a very, very long time, and at times a very sad history of injustice, that we started on a new road--a new road which leads us to justice in the treatment of those who were the first Americans.

Context

Remarks on Signing Bill Restoring the Blue Lake Lands in New Mexico to the Taos Pueblo Indians

12/14/1970

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