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1. Hosteen Tse says that when he was a child he and his people were imprisoned for a while. "Then General Sherman came and promised to let us return to our homes if we promised to quit fighting and live in peace. This we agreed to do in return for sheep and schools and hospitals." He continues, "We made promises and kept them.
You made promises and did not keep them. Where are the schools for every thirty students? The teachers? The hospitals? The blacksmith shops, carpenter shops, the men who would teach us to farm? Many times have we gone to Washington to ask why you do not keep your promises. All you give us is more promises . . ." Is what Hosteen Tse says true? What exactly was promised the Navajos? Were those promises ever fulfilled?
2. The selling-off of ponies is...
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