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Re:Before ‘Dune,’ Frank Herbert learned from native Americans by AlotOfReading on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:12AM (#29646364)
The last residential school closed in 1996. Forced sterilizations lasted through the 80s in the US. The current US president was alive during the Navajo livestock reduction.

It wasn't that long ago.

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Re:Before ‘Dune,’ Frank Herbert learned from native Americans by burrows on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @09:49PM (#29658108)
Were they punitive sterilizations? As given our willingness to incarcerate people, I don’t really see an issue with sterilization.
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