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Some Western states have collaborative water agreements with Indian tribes - Washington state, for instance, monitors a number of its rivers to protect spawning salmon, which are promised to native peoples under 19th-century treaties. Charles C. Mann

I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken off the reservation, taken to the boarding schools, and pretty much taught to be ashamed of who they were as Native Americans. You can feel that impact today. Chaske Spencer

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Women are the majority of immigrants yet the minority of immigrant employment visas; immigrant and native born women who work in the service arena - such as domestic workers - are not valued for their work, making pennies on the dollar compared to male counterparts; and, women are disproportionately affected by family reunification policies. Christine Pelosi

Work Service Family Women Minority Valued Immigrant Immigrants Pennies Born Arena Counterparts Employment Majority Policies Reunification Making Dollar Affected Male Domestic Women Are Native Workers Who Compared Disproportionately

I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre. Cyril Cusack

Theatre Soil Am Nationalist Native

Though she is a proud native of one of the most famously liberal cities in the country, Feinstein has earned a reputation over the years in the Senate as someone eager to work across the aisle with Republicans. Dana Bash

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American football seems to resemble soccer in that one scores by putting the ball through the opponent's goal; but football, truly is about land. The Settlers want to move the line of scrimmage Westward, the Native Americans want to move it East. David Mamet

Settlers East About Seems Through Football Putting Ball Opponent Line Goal Truly Scores Westward American Move Native Want Native Americans American Football Soccer Land Resemble

And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing. Dennis Banks

Legal People Moral Still American Native Realized Standing Here

The mountain gorilla faces grave danger of extinction - primarily because of the encroachments of native man upon its habitat - and neglect by civilized man, who does not conscientiously protect even the limited areas now allotted for the gorilla's survival. Dian Fossey

My music is more native than intricate or technical. Dick Dale

Music Intricate More Than Native Technical

The lovely daisy, so justly celebrated by European poets, is not a native of our soil; we know it well, however, by cultivation in our gardens and green houses; besides, we are disposed to remember it for the sake of those who have sung its praises in immortal verse. Dorothea Dix

Remember Soil Our Those Sung Besides Immortal Poets Know Well Houses Praises However Sake Cultivation Verse Celebrated Green Native Lovely Justly Who European Gardens Daisy

In Austin, the eco-capital of Texas, residents tend to favor native plants and wildflowers to the sculpted lawns of the Palm Springs variety. Douglas Brinkley

Plants Favor Variety Tend Springs Texas Austin Native Residents Palm

I have a hard problem, being some part Native American - being a Christian: do you get burned, do you get cremated, do you get - let the sharks eat you? How do you die? Duane Chapman

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When our natural habitats become overrun by species that are not native to these areas, they can damage the environment, pose health risks, and even hurt our local economy. Elise Stefanik

Health Risks Hurt Natural Become Local Our Area Habitats Environment Economy Overrun Native Even Species Damage Pose

Reading about what a digital native thinks of the Internet is like reading about what it's like to blink: it's kind of boring. Emma Healey

Internet Digital Reading Kind Boring About Like Blink Native Thinks

There was a kind of madness in the country. Eamon De Valera, the prime minister, had this vision of an Ireland where we'd all be in some kind of native costume - which doesn't exist - and we'd be dancing at the crossroads, babbling away in Gaelic, going to Mass, everyone virginal and pure. Frank McCourt

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My particular historical vantage point is a product of my upbringing as that odd duck, a native Washingtonian whose parents were not in government. The first presidential transition of my sentient lifetime, Kennedy's, I remember vividly. Frank Rich

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In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance. Franz Liszt

Music Song Dance Hungary Destined Melody Divided Native Naturally Origin

But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for music, and destiny turned me into the object of my hunt. The circumstances of life became my 'antlers' and prevented me from returning home. Georg Solti

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