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More than 50 American Indian activists and others demonstrated at the University of North Dakota yesterday to protest the school’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo. The Board of Education is set to discuss the matter today.
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I enjoy your website and don’t mean to be critical, but I think “peasant farmers” is a much better translation of “campesinos” than “farmworkers.” Just a suggestion.