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Tim Kaine: “There is no story that is better known about the interaction between the Europeans who came to this country and became…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2009
There is no story that is better known about the interaction between the Europeans who came to this country and became Americans and the Indian tribes than the story of the Jamestown settlers, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Nation.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine references the historical significance of the Jamestown settlement and its Native interactions.

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