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Letter: The myth about Indians
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FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2002 "Your June 5 story, "Casino makes recycling a priority," demonstrates howpervasive American Indian mythology is. Foxwoods director of environmental services, Michael Van Splinter, believes Indians were the "first practical recyclers," who used all parts of a plant or animal. This isn't true. Shepard Krech III, professor of anthropology at Brown University, dispels the environmentally friendly myth in his book "The Ecological Indian." Get the Story:
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