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Column: Ariz. GOP told Hopi Tribe to move
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MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2003 An Arizona Republican serving in the State Legislature suggested that the Hopi Tribe leave its ancestral homeland due to lack of water and economic opportunity, The Arizona Republic reports. State Rep. Colette Rosati questioned a Hopi tribal representative at a recent hearing, the paper said. "Rosati, a freshman Republican from Scottsdale, interrupted the talk with some observations. Such as, why is it bad that Hopis move away? And what is the draw of staying in a place with no water and no jobs? It was like a polite, sweet-voiced version of the late Sam Kinison's rant on starving Ethiopians ("Move! Go where the food is!")." Rosati also had this gem: "Most of the people of North America are not from North America. We were initially settled by the Irish, who left Ireland because of the potato famine." Get the Story:
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