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Revenge of the Verdes

Natives finally glean a few reparations for a legacy of genocide

A A A Comments By David Holthouse Thursday, Aug 5 1999
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They've all been lured here by the same base motivations that lured white people to the Verde Valley in the first place, 200 years after the Spaniards left: greed, and the desire to strike it rich.

It's a massacre in here, I decide, watching a thick Indian woman lug a bucket of silver coins: the collector of virtual scalps.

Pomp and circumstance at the powwow.
Paolo Vescia
Pomp and circumstance at the powwow.
A native soldier greets a tribesman in more traditional garb.
Paolo Vescia
A native soldier greets a tribesman in more traditional garb.

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