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By defending the coca leaf, consumed for centuries in the Andean world and the raw material for cocaine, Morales was able to link his opposition to America’s anti-drug policy with the defense of native cultural tradition and the economic rights of the poor.

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Now, if any of you have ever heard of AIM, the American Indian Movement, or of Russell Means, or Leonard Peltier, or of the standoff at Oglala, then you know Pine Ridge is ground zero for Native issues in the US.

So I've been asked to talk a little bit today about my relationship with the Lakota, and that's a very difficult one for me, because, if you haven't noticed from my skin color, I'm white, and that is a huge barrier on a Native reservation.

The Homestead Act, signed by President Lincoln, unleashed a flood of white settlers into Native lands.

With this event, a new era in Native American history began.

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