Paul Buchheit for BuzzFlash at Truthout: The property rights of indigenous Americans were stolen by European conquest. That is what Columbus Day represents. He didn’t discover a new world; it was already here.
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Paul Buchheit for BuzzFlash at Truthout: The property rights of indigenous Americans were stolen by European conquest. That is what Columbus Day represents. He didn’t discover a new world; it was already here.
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