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Tribal Community Center
Dear Smoke Signals:
I was raised with that honesty is the best policy.
So the truth be told that our local Tribal Elders do not follow the postal
carriers around harassing them.
So the truth be told that our local postal employees do not do their job
illegally.
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hardship to hundreds of our local Tribal Elders.
So the truth be told that hundreds of local Tribal Elders have always
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So the truth be told you can’t always believe what you hear, especially
when it sounds so farfetched.
This so farfetched story, which spread rapidly throughout the local com-
munity, can truthfully be analyzed as nothing but a dishonest allegation.
Sonya L. Connelly
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