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December 6, 2016

Trump Advisers Propose Privatizing Native American Reservations
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Meanwhile, advisers to President-elect Donald Trump told Reuters they
are proposing to privatize Native American reservations in order to
further accelerate the extraction of oil, gas and other minerals. In
response, Tom Goldtooth, head of the Indigenous Environmental Network,
said, "Our spiritual leaders are opposed to the privatization of our
lands, which means the commoditization of the nature, water, air we hold
sacred. Privatization has been the goal since colonization-to strip
Native Nations of their sovereignty."


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