“Today these creatures have no more power. Animals have only their silence left with which to confront us. Generation after generation, heroically, our captives refuse to speak to us” (Coetzee, 25).

“To defend our river, our land, our mother Mashpee, we must be able to leverage the legal power of jurisdiction, environmental standards, and land use approval. We must have the resources to leverage political power to enforce these. This is power that comes with economic strength. Economic strength for a whole community comes from projects and businesses the size of a casino.” (Deetz, 5).
– More Than a Bingo Hall: A Story of Mashpee Land, Food, and Sovereignty By Hartman Deetz

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