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July 25, 2003Tribal member writes to state of R.I."We descendants of the Narragansetts do not want a handout just a hand up. Intimidation is one tactic that has rung continually in our ears since the coming of the early European settlers. Their leaders� lust for control over the land of the indigenous peoples was the field of contention then. Native self-determination and economic development are the battlefield on which we encounter opposition today. State government conspired gridlock continues to be the stumbling block for our emergence into present day growth and opportunity. The overly aggressive course of action played out before our eyes the week of July 14 at the Narragansett Indian Smoke Shop graphically support this conclusion. Images showed the Rhode Island State Police armed with attack dogs invading the sacred borders of our ancestral lands and physically assaulting women and children as well as our unarmed men rightfully defending their people and property. " Note: The following comments were posted at the time this story was published. Future comments have been disabled.
I support sovereignty of Narragansett nation, Indian wars are the longest wars in human history, all these State oppositions will only makes us stronger, unite, and more ditermine with our lives!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: Eric Ancio at July 29, 2003 04:10 AMNote: Any comments seen above were posted at the time of publishing. Future comments are disabled.
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