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allegorical oracle

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11. My grandmother was Delaware indian -- adopted by whites. She spent her life denying she

Reply to Comrade Citizen (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 03:47 PM

Mar 22

was Native American -- and rearing her two children (one was my dad) to deny it, too. My dad confessed it to me when I was in my 30s. It's so sad that people have to fake their heritage instead of being proud of it.

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