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"The Native woman and the casino

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was a match made in a boardroom,

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somewhere long ago.

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Where else is there
for her to go?

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Where else can she pair seeds
and beads around her neck,

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dangle stones from ears without
becoming a history teacher

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to the white eyes
that lay upon her?

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Where else will they
allow Native matriarchs

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to command the room?

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America takes power.

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Grandmothers foster
their right to rule

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in the sea of whiteness
that is corporate America.

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Craving, understanding,
silenced by history bound to it,

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Shackled to soda-stained
seats for slot machines,

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The Native woman and the casino.

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Where do other people go

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to live and breathe their
communities, to be seen

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and to see?

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At the casino, they
know her by her mother.

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They tell her that her
father is a good man.

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And each one really
will love her for her.

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She reminds them of their selves

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when they look her in the eyes.

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It is a quiet acknowledgment

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of the weighted history that
brings us to this neon place

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three generations at a time.

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Day shift swings, overnights,

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glass ceilings
covered by a paper sky

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that keep us reaching
for the stars

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beneath the reign of a
work from home white woman

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who strolls along
a beach or a hill

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or a high class city street

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because she is not bound to
this corner of the valley

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like the Native woman
and the casino."

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]

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