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In The Hoop
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2001

The following is a copy of the e-mail Timothy Love sent to The Day. Relevant parts are highlighted.

From: "Timothy Love" <TLove90090@worldnet.att.net>
To: <editor@theday.com>
Subject: Indianz.com - Smoke Signals
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:43:57 -0500
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The Day should print the following as a response to Jeff Benedict's Perspective article of November 4th to provide some balance to the free forum for a demagogue to continue his hate mongering. At least somebody else understands that the termination of Indian tribes equates to genocide.

Indianz.Com. In Print. URL http://www.indianz.com/SmokeSignals/
Headlines/showfull.asp?ID=law01/1152001-1

Candidate advocates 'decertification' of tribe
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2001

With his sights on Congress but his campaign still focused on an issue that brought him to prominence, author Jeff Benedict is once again calling for the termination of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut.

This time around, however, the man behind "Without Reservation" isn't labeling his solution with a term that would otherwise raise the eyebrows of potential colleagues on Capitol Hill. While acknowledging the idea is frightful, Benedict instead creates an entirely new name for terminating the federal trust relationship: "decertification."

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