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Joseph Bruchac Indian Scenes Summary
Joseph Bruchac Indian Scenes from a Renaissance tells why Native Americans still are here today speaking their own Language. My main questions are Why Language is the first things dominant group suppresses, why language is so important to Native Americans, why is the Suppression affecting both groups. Language for Native Americans is a true reason why Indian heritage is still here

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