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Mike__M

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Thu Sep 7, 2017, 08:54 PM Sep 2017

Pokanoket Tribe continues land dispute with Tom Perez's new employer



The Pokanoket Tribe, the people of King Phillip, better known as participants in the whitewashed "first Thanksgiving" story, are involved in an ongoing dispute with Brown University over ownership of land that was donated to the university. DNC Chairman Tom Perez just accepted a teaching position at Brown.

The tribe rejected the university's latest proposal as an insult to its sovereignty.
Brown's statement includes this example of white elite's preaching to brown people:
“Unfortunately, the modern Pokanoket group refuses to recognize the connection of the other peoples to the land, and that is something Brown does not find ethical or acceptable as owners and stewards of the Bristol property.”


More:
Pokanoket Nation establishes encampment on land owned by Brown University
Pokanoket Nation Responds to Brown University with Strong Statement
Negotiations between Pokanokets and Brown ongoing, but strained
Tom Perez, former U.S. labor secretary, to teach at Brown
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Pokanoket Tribe continues land dispute with Tom Perez's new employer (Original Post) Mike__M Sep 2017 OP
That is a ridiculous headline. bronxiteforever Sep 2017 #1
WTH Perez accepted a teaching job at Brown that's his connection to this??? lunasun Sep 2017 #2
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