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    "Recent data show that American Indian and Alaska Native households had a medium income of $32,000, while nearly 25% of American Indians and Alaska Natives were below the poverty line."
    — US Census Bureau Radio Zone

    Nixon Announcing the signing of ANCSA

    Submitted by rwk on Mon, 05/02/2005 - 10:07pm.

    5...4...3...2...1. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE AFN, THIS IS THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON CALLING. I PRESENT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...

    [President Nixon] I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND MY GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES TO THE CONVENTION OF THE ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES. I WANT YOU TO BE AMONG THE FIRST TO KNOW THAT I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT. THIS IS A MILESTONE IN ALASKA'S HISTORY.

    — President Nixon December, 18 1971

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