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Oregon tribe: Armed group ‘desecrating’ its land
By Terence Petty and Manuel Valdes, Associated Press
Published Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 | 3:12 p.m.
Updated 3 hours, 24 minutes ago
... The Burns Paiute tribe was the latest group to speak out ...
"The protesters have no right to this land. It belongs to the native people who live here," tribal leader Charlotte Rodrique said ...
Ammon Bundy is demanding that the refuge be handed over to locals.
Rodrique said she "had to laugh" at the demand, because she knew Bundy was not talking about giving the land to the tribe ...
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/jan/06/oregon-tribe-armed-group-desecrating-their-land/