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Dan Boren: “Do not let them use a paring knife to take a little bit of your sovereignty. You have to fight.”

On the recordApril 18, 2012
Do not let them use a paring knife to take a little bit of your sovereignty. You have to fight.
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Dan Boren
Oklahoma

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Boren urges tribes to protect their sovereignty against gradual encroachments.

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