David Cuch - Ute/Aquinnah Wampanoag
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-- Kathy Sharp Frisbee
The turn of the Millennium is a perfect time to pay tribute to the Wampanoag People and Other Native Peoples of this continent and the Western Hemisphere, for in the context of the past 1,000 years and of all time they are an incredible civilization, that has played a significant role in the evolution of Mankind. Long before Romans conquered the West, before early Christianity, the pyramids in Egypt, and the rise and fall of many rulers throughout other regions of the world, The Native Peoples lived and thrived here for over 30 millennia. Despite staggering blows from other civilizations over the course of the last 500 years, The Native Peoples, and their heritage, and their culture survived and, gratefully, they are still here. Among their countless contributions to Mankind--in art, architecture, medicine, commerce, science, spirituality and philosophy--their greatest are their resilience, endurance and strength as The Creator's first people of this land.
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