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On the recordJune 22, 2022
I am actually told that there is no word for hunger or poverty in Keres, or other indigenous languages because no one would be left hungry or without food or what they need to survive.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Discussing food insecurity among Native Americans in her district.

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