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<div>I've been reviewing info on Ms. Rees because as a researcher her claims that U.S. Indigenous people's "forefathers" are the Chinese (or Asians?) with her speeches on ancient world maps & that Chinese were first to "discover" this continent. Are there any language or linguistic researchers who agree with her views?</div>
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<div>I'm concerned at the stories such as this where a Navajo, on a trip to China, was greeted by "...distant Chinese relatives there.." whether Native people are once again pawns in colonialist/paternalistic attitudes about our origins still discounting our own creation beliefs.</div>
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<div>Does anyone have info on whether she is considered legitimate?</div>
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<div>Thanks.</div>
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<div>Bernadette A. SantaMaria</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>See this link for a 6/23/2010 article </b>by nationally syndicated columnist William Hamilton that favorably mentions <em>The Asiatic Fathers of America </em>and <em>Secret Maps of the Ancient World </em>and Gavin Menzies <em>1421.</em></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>July 9</b><span> </span>National Library of China</font></font></p>
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<span>Contact Ms Weng Yingfang at <a title="mailto:wengyingfang@gmail.com" href="mailto:wengyingfang@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span title="mailto:wengyingfang@gmail.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I have been exchanging e-mails with a columnist from the <b><i>China Daily News</i></b><i>,</i> an English language paper in Beijing, and he plans to run an article before the July 9 speech.</font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Currently I am making plans for<b> speeches in Southern California</b> Sept. 10 – 14, 2010 <b>and in Vancouver</b>, BC. area September 16 – 21, 2010. If your group is interested in having me speak, please contact Judy Lam Maxwell at </font><a title="mailto:Judy.Maxwell@gmail.com" href="mailto:Judy.Maxwell@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font title="mailto:Judy.Maxwell@gmail.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><span><font size="3">Judy is helping to arrange my schedule. She is a historian and an international speaker, is multi-talented, and is a strong supporter of my research.<span> </span>In a later newsletter we will publish the</font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </span><span><font size="3">dates and times of speeches in those locations.</font></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The <b>Navajo Indian</b> that I mentioned in an earlier newsletter made his trip to China in May and was greeted by distant Chinese relatives there. (See the attached photos). According to Walter Loo from U.S. Chinese Art Museum in Oakland, CA who accompanied the Navajo: “Many newspapers came and I was interviewed by CCTV and Beijing TV. The Deputy Head of Ministry of Overseas Chinese attended and expressed their interest in helping their new 2.5 million overseas Chinese Indians in North America. They are also very well aware of Chinese Indians in Central and South America that number about 10 million.” </font></font></span></p>
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