Will We See Another Land Rush to Steal Indian Land for Solar Gold?


	Will We See Another Land Rush to Steal Indian Land for Solar Gold?

nedhamson1

10-27-2009 9:23 PM

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nedhamson1 says:

Custer's Last Stand came after some gold fever, Oklahoma was supposed to be the "refuge" of Native Americans kicked out of homelands in North Carolina, Tennessee, Michigan and Wisconsin, as well as Ohio - until "we" decided we wanted it to. Who will the Sooners be this time? A suddenly "green" BP or Shell?

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