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THE MASCOT
Published on Monday, February 26,
2001
© 2001 The Press Democrat
GARY A. HIGGINS
Santa Rosa
EDITOR: Are we forgetting what the
U.S. government did to Native Americans? A brief look back will tell you
that American Indians were slaughtered, their lands taken away and they
were forced to live, not on their native lands, but in a prison-type
atmosphere.
I am part Native American and find
it more racist and disturbing that small factions continue to suppress
the heritage and culture of a people that were in this nation long
before the European whites were. And I'm honored that Tomales High
School represents a dying, if not now hidden, culture that ``must''
remain in the forefront of history.
GARY A. HIGGINS
Santa Rosa
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