On the recordMarch 15, 2022
So up until the 1970's, the colonization and the displacement of indigenous peoples in the United States included banning a practice that we now know explicitly sequestered carbon.
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congress.govAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “So up until the 1970's, the colonization and the displacement of indigenous peoples in the United States included…”
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Ocasio-Cortez discusses the impact of colonization on indigenous land management practices.
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