On the recordMarch 5, 1968
More than half of the Indians obtain water from contaminated or potentially dangerous sources, and use waste disposal facilities that are grossly inadequate.
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presidency.ucsb.eduLyndon Johnson: “More than half of the Indians obtain water from contaminated or potentially dangerous sources, and use waste disposal…”
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Special Message to the Congress on the Problems of the American Indian: 'The Forgotten American.'
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