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Yeah, Yeah. We were informed by the Indians that their council last night refused to accept the terms for the two basic reasons. One because for them to make their point of being the original owners of the Land of America, the United States government must capitulate by

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giving them the deed to the island. Two. Because the plan was conceived by Negro, that is a national economic growth and reconstruction organization. It would not be seen as the plan of the Indians, but rather a plan proposed by black people of America. Uh, we at

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Negro will now withdraw and hope the Indians will reconsider and use some aspect of what seems to be a workable plan. We do hope that they will continue to negotiate, or at least make some arrangements, uh, with the government so that they could get on with

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doing what would be a progressive thing, not only for the advancement of the Indians, but for America as a whole. We are eager for the federal government to sit down with us and discuss yeah, the problems in the program. And we're trying to frost every inch

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of the way until the knife is thrust in deep and twisted. The government's dealt with Indians for a long time now. Is this really different? As far as I'm concerned, I'm speaking in terms of the regional agency heads here in San Francisco. It represents an honest

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effort to get at the problems of urban Indians in the Bay Area. And that's and that's all. It has no reference whatsoever to Alcatraz or what the solution may be to Alcatraz. And, uh, we have a very clear understanding on this mhm.