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Thank you. Uh, mhm taking mhm. Yeah, Yeah. We have not yet received a formal message. States. Did you keep your choice? Because I'm fortunate from the other side, I think the least like, uh, get a good picture of

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that mhm power to Oh, okay. Mhm. Who's the who's having the contest? Quick. I believe it's a fair statement to say that the maritime unions, maritime associations as well as the government are in complete agreement that it is necessary to restore the lighthouse in the fog

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signals on the island if we are to avert the possibility of another serious collision, possibly between tankers or other ships. Mr. Running this was an intolerable situation that could not go on indefinitely. The one thing the significant things been accomplished by orchestras is whether we want

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the physical part of the island or not. We never sold ourselves out. We never compromised. We went for the whole cupcake. And if we don't get it, But we're bringing people to our side because a lot of Indians aren't gonna like this is a job that

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feet a man. There is no such thing as defeated, you know, when they started kicking you around. You know, you just got to learn to the bandage up the bruises. He can stand up again. They didn't beat us. Roger. We're trying to watch the bar. You

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leave on the doctor. Mhm. What? Mhm. Mhm, Right. My pleasure. Yeah. Michigan Mhm. Yeah. Just a few days ago, through their attorney, we received the word that in the event the government would not imminently present to them some proposals giving them either use or title to

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the island that they were prepared to quote, do something unquote in respect to the island, huh? Yes, Yes. How seriously will the government resist any further invasions of the island? The government is prepared to protect the perimeter of that island. At the present time, we think

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we will be able to do that. It is and always has been exclusive federal property. A hair on it isn't real. That's where we're accomplishing By here is Alcatraz never sold out. The government offered us money for the island which went through these These current

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negotiations starting April the 13th. They offered us money and we told them no, they offered us. At least We told them no. We said we're going to talk about when you're going to turn the deed over to us. The one thing the significant things been accomplished

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by orchestras, whether we want the physical part of the island or not, we never sold ourselves out. We never compromise. We went for the whole cup cake. And if we don't get it, we're bringing people to our side. There's a lot of Indians aren't going to

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like this job, you see? Nah, man, there is no such thing as defeat when they started kicking you around, you know, you just got to learn to vantage up the bruises. See you stand up again. They didn't beat us. The operation this morning was precipitated, uh,

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by the theft of some government property off the island, which came to our attention this morning consisting of some copper cable which was sold on the mainland According to a complaint which was filed this afternoon against three persons who are in custody for a sum of

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$680 at a local metal company, Um, the government has attempted, I believe in the past to exert its right of access to the island for the purpose of investigating crimes for the purpose of the possibility of apprehending fugitives who may be on the island. And each

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time this has occurred, the government has been met with some sort of resistance on the part of the Indian group in recent months. Is there any chance that the Alcatraz Indians may try to return to the island? Well, I can't tell you that if that is

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going to happen to be foolish for me to say it, do you have specific legal actions are planning to take? I don't know. We're going to see what kind of legal action they're taking. Here's the deal is like, I think the one important thing that comes

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out of this is that the government gave us their word through their negotiators and nothing would happen and they came out there. They took our people off the island, and all this is going to narrow down for our own Indian people. That's gonna benefit Indian people

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throughout the country because here's the thing is like Indians know whose side the government's on government don't lie to you and who's on their side Before this, we have seen, like all right, every day you gotta. You gotta do a little something to get little people

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on your side. Now we've got Indian people that know they've got they've got their questions or dislikes against the government. But when they see the government come out and commit actions like this against us, the government is talking about honor in Vietnam and it comes out

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here lies to India. Just because we're Indians, I don't mean they lie to us. While removing the Indians have solved one problem for the government, it surely will present a multitude of others. For now, the question follows What's to become of the island Velvet Davis for

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eyewitness news in the Bay Off Alcatraz?