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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “One of the things which concerned us most was the fact that there were nearly 5,000 Indian boys and girls who had no…”

On the recordMarch 4, 1963
One of the things which concerned us most was the fact that there were nearly 5,000 Indian boys and girls who had no school to go to.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks to Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians.

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