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On the recordFebruary 11, 2020
You understand that we are on Indian land right now, and every single inch of this country was Indian land long before it was ever the United States of America.
Said by
Debra Haaland
Democratic · New Mexico

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Haaland reminds that the land was originally inhabited by Native Americans.

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