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Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. No. Yesterday, one of two. Uhh. He mentioned something about the island having symptoms of, uh what was hepatitis? Well, this is not true. We had another doctor Come on into, uh, counter. Check this, and it's not true. We're doing

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everything we can to maintain sanitary conditions up here. We've organized clean up places and in his heart, we have it down patch. At this point, what do you think about the fact that you can see our determination to keep this island? Because we've been here for

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five days, we'll be here. It takes us 10 years. It's taken the people in Washington to get their fishing rights, and they've been out there for over 10 years, and we're willing to stick it out of if we have to be out here for over 10

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years because we have a drum up here and we have plenty of Indian singers. We sit around the campfire and sing Indian songs and mm crack jokes with each other. You know, it's very enjoyable. It's just so good to be out of the city and in

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the fresh air and with your own people need is a portable typewriter and some office material, uh, and us, along with some recreation facilities that, like the basketball, sports and things like that, along with reading material education material. Because, like I said, these people are more

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than willing to determine to stay here. But yet they want to go on ahead with their plans, such as setting up education facilities and and just I need to stay here. So mhm. Mhm. Yeah. Can you get? Yeah. What about the students, Aren't you? Yes. Is

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this fight in the same tradition as a third World Liberation Front struggle? Is it carrying on the goals of the Third World? Liberation, or do you want to answer it? Well, this is a Native American struggle. This treaty, it has not been nullified. The treaty that

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gives you right to unused federal property. Well, most of our treaties deal in the same respect. Right now, we're dealing with one in particular which is 18 68 treaty with the Sioux Nation. But most of our treaties, you know, have been worded in the same way

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that the land will go back to the people. So regardless of the fact that it was a Sioux treaty. You feel that it applies to all the Indian nations? Well, definitely. Because I mean you just all you'd have to do is just, you know, look through

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other trees. Mhm yourself on these long, lonely nights up here. Well, it's not so long in love. This is hard. One of the caretakers. Why she helped out with her oven and stuff her services. We learned today that Secretary Hickel of Department of Interior had not

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come back to his office and so had not responded to that proclamation Friday. What do you think is taking him so long? This is nothing unusual. This is the way all those type of people deal with the bureau. Anyone they feel. There's nothing new for us.

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We've been waiting for years and years. It's cold every night. Was it called her last night than usual? No, not more. So it just depends on how busy you are. You don't even notice it after a while. If you're busy. How many small Children do you

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have here? There's about seven or eight small Children. No colds or flu or anything like that? No, not much. I mean, they're exposed all the time. I think they're pretty well condition to it. We understand Secretary Hinkle has not responded to your proclamation yet. How long

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do you think it possible to stay up here? Oh, we can step here as long as I mean, you know we can. It's indefinite how long we can stay here because we're not subject to any different type of conditions that we aren't subjected to out there

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in the city or on the reservation. You know, like it's always cold. You know, you never had that much to eat anyway, so this is not as comfortable as the average Indian reservation. Is that what you're saying? It's average for an Indian way of life anyway,

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now, today, it's nothing different. Your university on your side? Yeah. Well, not when you're talking in regards to how fast our lands are being taken away from us. No, but then we are. We have been pretty patient. This means what is your tribe and bannock Shishani?

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Sure are. They make sure. Show me here. Uh huh. There's one right there. There's there's Yeah, we have several Shoney's three people from my reservation. As a matter of fact, my Idaho, where an idea Football. What is the Indian here who lived for this award? From

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how far? I'd say Probably Alaska. There's several Eskimos here, but we There's Indians from all over here. Different tribes haven't set up any smoke signals, have you? Uh huh. No, we haven't. Okay, Rick.