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“In fact, Guerra based his story on the diaries of two explorers, German Theodor Koch-Grunberg and American Richard Evans Schultes. There work is some of the only documentation of cultures that have since vanished. But Guerra did not want white men to be his protagonists.”

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Tom Cole is an experienced American politician, born on April 28, 1949. He has been a long-serving U.S. Representative for Oklahoma, focusing on issues such as education, military, and Native American affairs during his political career. more

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