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On the recordAugust 14, 1962
Your visit is the most recent of a long series of visits stretching back to the beginning of the 19th century when other Indians had visited American presidents, bringing with them really the same message which has been partially answered but not fully.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks to Representatives of American Indian Tribes.

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