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So there is this Swedish lady who carried a feather across the globe to find the rightful owners of the sacred symbol? It is indeed a very touching story, despite the fact, that one person does not represent the entire Europe. Europe is a continent consisting of 48 countries (49 if you include Vatican City) and 230 spoken languages. And each of these countries has a history, a culture; they have TV, newspapers, schools and Universities. I don't know if the population in Sweden believes "that Native Americans don't even exist", buy maybe one shouldn't fall into clichés? Maybe Annika Banfield can plan a trip through Europe in the near future to explore all these "culturally starving Europeans" (this time without a feather, but an open mind) before returning to her Danish sweat lodge? Which reminds me, that Sweden and Denmark are two completely different countries.
Andrea Kapsaski
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