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U.I. Dialogue Intake Session |
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The following transcript is from the 4/14/00 Chief Illiniwek dialogue "intake session". It is an unedited excerpt from the original U.I. document.
JULIAN B: My name is Julian B, I am from Oklahoma. I am enrolled in the Muskogee tribe. And I just wanted to say that to all --MODERATOR GARIPPO: This is not --
VOICE: Let him speak.
JULIAN B: What's up? Okay, I will make it really quick. To all the Illini, you guys want to keep that racist, you know, mascot, it's really simple. You know, you guys use in God we trust on your money, if it was us taking your cross, you know, and using it like the tomahawk chop, it would be a different story. Do you know what I am saying? Then put a Native on that panel today. In you want to honor Native people, we can't go anywhere, because this is our home.
AUDIENCE: This is not democratic.
MODERATOR GARIPPO: The next speaker is Beverly Moser.
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