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Ben Ray Luján: We often hear in our communities, people will say, we lost our language. I say, no, we did not lose it; it was taken.

On the recordJune 21, 2022
We often hear in our communities, people will say, we lost our language. I say, no, we did not lose it; it was taken.
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Lujan emphasizes that the loss of language was not voluntary but a result of external actions.

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