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On the recordSeptember 30, 1960
Our Democratic platform, in which I strongly believe, recognizes the unique legal and moral responsibility of the Federal Government for Indians in restitution for the injustice that has sometimes been done them.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to Arrow (by, for and About American Indians) by Senator John F. Kennedy

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