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Tina Smith: This place that is now called Minnesota is the ancestral home of the Dakota and Anishinaabe people, and other indigenous…

On the recordJune 27, 2022
This place that is now called Minnesota is the ancestral home of the Dakota and Anishinaabe people, and other indigenous people, who have lived in and cared for this beautiful part of the world for millennia.
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Tina Smith
Democratic · Minnesota

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Senator Smith emphasizes the historical significance of Minnesota to indigenous peoples.

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