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On the recordAugust 14, 1962
So I want to congratulate all of you for the work you are doing; for the interest you are showing in your fellow Indians, because your presence here reminds us all of a very strong obligation which any American, whether he was born here or came here from other parts of the world, has to every American Indian.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks to Representatives of American Indian Tribes.

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