MichiganMascot Issue
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OP/ED: Mascot bill embarrasses its sponsors
(5/20/2013)
(Michigan) -- In his battle against the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, state Rep. Dan Lauwers, R-Brockway Township, is lobbing another grenade. House Bill 4734,...
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BENAC: Redskins name battle is a complex debate
(5/16/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Washington Redskins have once again come under fire from Native Americans and civil liberty groups for their team name, a name these groups consider...
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Bill would make state civil rights department pay for schools forced to drop American Indian mascot
(5/16/2013)
(Michigan) -- Two Republican lawmakers want to make the Michigan Department of Civil Rights pay if schools are forced to drop their American Indian mascots and nicknames.
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Pending bill magnifies battle over mascots
(5/16/2013)
(Michigan) -- Rep. Dan Lauwers is proud to be a Capac Chief. Susan Wrobel and others find it offensive. “The Chiefs, their symbol is someone wearing a big...
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American Indian mascots: Michigan bills would force civil rights department to fund school changes
(5/15/2013)
(Michigan) -- Republican lawmakers are introducing legislation that would strip funding from the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and make the money available to...
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Genetski measure would protect funding for Indian mascot schools
(5/15/2013)
(Michigan) -- Michigan public schools required to change their Native American mascots due to a complaint by a state Civil Rights department earlier this year would not...
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Lawmakers Want To Reimburse Schools Forced To Change American Indian Mascots
(5/15/2013)
(Michigan) -- A fight over American Indian-themed school mascots could result in a three million dollar budget cut for the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.
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Bay Mills Casino
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Bay Mills tribal casino gets reprieve, for now
(5/16/2013)
(Michigan) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is not likely to take up the case of a tribal casino in northern Michigan on the advice of the U.S. Solicitor General.
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Michigan Gaming
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Detroit casinos feeling pressure from south of the border
(5/16/2013)
(Michigan) -- All three Detroit casinos posted a decline in revenues from March to April, as new casinos in Ohio have begun to chip away at some of their customer base.
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Gambling revenues rise nationally, fall slightly for Detroit's casinos
(5/6/2013)
(Michigan) -- Gambling revenues grew 5% last year for the country’s non-tribal casinos but fell slightly at Detroit’s three casinos amid new Ohio competition...
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Michigan eyes online lottery project
(5/1/2013)
(Michigan) -- In the United States, the Governor for the state of Michigan, Rick Snyder, has requested three million dollars in funding from the next budget for the...
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E-Lottery: Snyder Wants To Put Wagering Just A Click Away
(4/28/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Michigan Lottery will sell tickets online next year -- unless legislative critics block that. A showdown between Gov. Rick Snyder and opponents of...
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Governor requests money for online lottery
(4/28/2013)
(Michigan) -- People who play the Michigan Lottery could start buying tickets on the Internet and possibly playing lottery games online as early as next year. Lottery...
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Michigan Lottery eyes Internet despite opposition
(4/27/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Michigan Lottery sees the Internet as its new frontier for business, where more tickets can be sold and games can be played to ultimately pump more...
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Four Winds Casino Dowagiac to open Tuesday; gaming facility is third for Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
(4/24/2013)
(Michigan) -- Members of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians will opens their third gaming facility in Southwest Michigan at noon on Tuesday (April 30) -- Four Winds...
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Mackinaw City council listens to opinions on proposed casino
(4/24/2013)
(Michigan) -- Those for and against a casino proposed by the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians had their say Tuesday in Mackinaw City.
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Odawa casino plan below Mackinac Bridge gets mixed public reaction
(4/24/2013)
(Michigan) -- Resident opinions were split Tuesday on whether to allow a new $26 million casino below the Mackinac Bridge to be built in the village of Mackinaw City.
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Online gambling bill supported by Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, state representatives because of ‘dangerous’ nature
(4/19/2013)
(Michigan) -- A bill supported by the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and state Rep. Kevin Cotter, R-Mount Pleasant, would prevent the Michigan Lottery from expanding...
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Lansing Casino
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Lansing's mayor wants a third term
(5/11/2013)
(Michigan) -- Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero says he wants four more years in office. He formally announced his campaign today. “I’m telling you folks …...
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Developer who may be sued by city for missing deadline says city officials asked him to 'pause' work on project
(5/3/2013)
(Michigan) -- When Pat Gillespie first signed on the dotted line to purchase and redevelop prime riverfront real estate from the city of Lansing, there wasn’t a...
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Sault tribe appeals federal injunction stopping Lansing casino project
(4/22/2013)
(Michigan) -- An Upper Peninsula American Indian tribe has appealed a federal judge’s ruling that stopped it from moving forward on a proposed casino in downtown...
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Tribe appeals injunction blocking Lansing casino project
(4/22/2013)
(Michigan) -- Backers of a proposed casino in downtown Lansing are asking a federal appeals court to toss out a legal ruling that threatens to bring their plans to a...
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Native Voices
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NEWLAND: Tribes and the Michigan Wolf Hunt
(5/10/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Michigan Natural Resources Commission has approved a wolf hunting season here in Michigan, just one day after Governor Snyder signed legislation...
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Gun Lake
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Tribe denied tax break, seeks Jijak land trust
(5/9/2013)
(Michigan) -- At the Hopkins Township Board’s May 13 meeting, supervisor Mark Evans will present proposed answers to questions posed by the U.S. Department of the...
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Gun Lake Casino looks to expand
(4/18/2013)
(Michigan) -- A Gun Lake Tribe application to fill in wetlands to expand the Gun Lake Casino in Bradley is being considered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Gun Lake Tribe, Casino to host electronic recycling events
(4/17/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Gun Lake Casino and the Gun Lake Tribe will host electronic waste recycling events to celebrate Earth Day. Both locations will accept items from 9 a.m...
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Step in Expanding Gun Lake Casino Site Taken by Tribe
(4/16/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Gun Lake Band of Pottawatomi Indians has filed an application with the US Army Corps of Engineers to fill in around four acres of wetlands at the Gun...
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Gun Lake Casino expansion: Wetlands application lists plans for hotel tower, cinema and spa
(4/15/2013)
(Michigan) -- Long anticipated plans for expansion of the Gun Lake Casino are taking tentative steps forward with a tribal application to the U.S. Army Corps of...
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Four Jackpots in two days go out the door at Gun Lake Casino
(4/14/2013)
(Michigan) -- The progressive Jackpot at the Gun Lake Casino hasn’t been progressing much lately because people keep hitting it. Patrons won it four times in less...
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Gun Lake Casino and Tribe host electronics recycling days
(4/10/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Gun Lake Casino and the Gun Lake Tribe invite the public to electronic waste recycling events in celebrating Earth Day 2013.
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Wounded Knee
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Commentary: Wounded Knee is American Indians' Gettysburg: Interior Dept Should Declare Eminent Domain
(5/9/2013)
(Michigan) -- Ever since the property at Wounded Knee was put up for sale, American Indians across America have wondered aloud how a place such as Wounded Knee that is...
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GREED: Wounded Knee Parcel For Sale - Asking Price $3.9 Million, Taxable Value $6,600
(5/4/2013)
(Michigan) -- When I first heard Wounded Knee was for sale back in February I thought it was a joke of some sort. I immediately rejected the idea because it was...
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Dowagiac Casino
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Third Four Winds Casino opens in Dowagiac
(5/7/2013)
(Michigan) -- Matt Wesaw, tribal chairman of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, has a simple answer when people ask him why the tribe decided to open a casino in Dowagiac.
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Four Winds Casino Dowagiac is launched: What do you think? (videos)
(4/30/2013)
(Michigan) -- Matt Wesaw and Matt Harkness had no trouble envisioning the future last winter. The smallest of the three gaming facilities owned and operated by the...
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Open for business / Third Pokagon casino opens today in Dowagiac
(4/30/2013)
(Michigan) -- Matt Wesaw, tribal chairman of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, has a simple answer when people ask him why the tribe decided to open a casino in Dowagiac.
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Doors to open at Four Winds Dowagiac
(4/29/2013)
(Michigan) -- A couple decades ago, few would have imagined that Dowagiac, rural Cass County’s only city, would one day be home to a casino.
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New casino: Four Winds Dowagiac set to open Tuesday (photo gallery)
(4/29/2013)
(Michigan) -- It's where you go when you want a quick getaway, a sandwich or a beer, Matthew Wesaw said of the new Four Winds Dowagiac casino. Or when you have...
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Pokagon Tribe celebrates new Four Winds Casino opening
(4/29/2013)
(Michigan) -- Dowagiac is home to the Pokagon Band of Potowatomi Indian's newest casino, set to open to the public tomorrow. Pokagon tribal members got a chance to...
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Ribbon Cut On Four Winds Casino In Dowagiac
(4/29/2013)
(Michigan) -- Southwest Michigan has a new casino. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians cut the ribbon this morning on the Four Winds Dowagiac casino, which will have...
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Mining & Drilling
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Native American Tribes Call for Cleaner Water from Mines
(4/26/2013)
(Michigan) -- Michigan's Upper Peninsula has a storied history of mining. From iron ore to gold, the mining legacy has left both positive and negative impacts on the...
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Labor & Unions
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National Labor Relations Board, Tribes At Odds Over Unionization on Sovereign Lands
(4/19/2013)
(Michigan) -- Can the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) assert authority over businesses owned and operated by tribal governments? Or should the Board recognize the...
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Cases pit Native American sovereignty against NLRB authority
(4/18/2013)
(Michigan) -- Are Native Americans subject to the authority of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), or does tribes’ right to self-government come first?
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Native American tribes challenge NLRB jurisdiction
(4/18/2013)
(Michigan) -- The National Labor Relations Board told the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan on Tuesday that the National Labor Relations Act bars its casino from...
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LGBT News
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Same-Sex Marriage Is A-OK With Little Traverse Bay Bands
(4/19/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Little Traverse Bay Bands (LTBB) of Odawa Indians in Harbor Springs, Michigan made history March 3 when their council voted 5–4 to recognize same...
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One Statute for Two Spirits: Same-Sex Marriage in Indian Country
(4/16/2013)
(Michigan) -- JURIST Guest Columnist Elizabeth Ann Kronk of the University of Kansas School of Law evaluates the recent approval of a measure to permit same-sex...
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Shullsburg Casino
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Lac du Flambeau Tribe to host meeting
(4/18/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (LDF) will be hosting a public information meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, April 22 in the...
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Baby Veronica
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TURTLE TALK: First Read-Through on Baby Veronica Oral Argument Transcript
(4/17/2013)
(Michigan) -- This first analysis will have two components. The first component is an account of how many questions each side received. The rule of thumb — the...
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TURTLE TALK: Second Read-Through of Baby Veronica Transcript
(4/17/2013)
(Michigan) -- This second read-through incorporates a broader analysis of how the argument went on the merits. While it’s true oral argument advocates exaggerate...
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Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
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How Violence Again Women Act impacts tribal nations in Michigan
(4/9/2013)
(Michigan) -- Congress has recently taken measures to protect women in the United States, including those within tribal nations.
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Indian Country Online
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Saginaw Chippewa Tribe Establishes Free Online Casino
(4/8/2013)
(Michigan) -- Latest tribal casino gambling news out of the US indicates a fresh partnership between Michigan’s Soaring Eagle Casino and Australian gaming...
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Other News
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Odawa tribe to close Appleyard day care
(5/20/2013)
(Michigan) -- Parents at Appleyard Childcare Center of Petoskey received a surprising notice Monday. The 30-year-old school would be closing its doors June 7, giving...
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Mike Thompson: Should Michigan schools dump their American Indian nicknames?
(5/19/2013)
(Michigan) -- A former colleague of mine once observed that accusing someone of political correctness is just a polite way of telling that person to shut up. The fact...
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Mich. residents say wolf hunt will control a killer
(5/19/2013)
(Michigan) -- John Koski grips the old blanket in knobby hands weathered from a lifetime of farming. He pulls it back to reveal the carcasses of two cows, or what's...
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Ancestors Returned to Mother Earth in Michigan
(5/18/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan and the Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Preservation and Repatriation Alliance returned 11 sets of remains to...
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Native heritage
(5/18/2013)
(Michigan) -- Few reminders of Wexford County's earliest residents remain. They were known as the Mound Builders, groups of indigenous people who traveled the North...
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Gambling becomes gold for Hartford schools
(5/18/2013)
(Michigan) -- Slot machine revenues from the Four Winds Hartford casino will pay for $337,129 in capital projects for the Hartford school district in the coming fiscal...
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Saganing Eagles Landing Casino expansion to draw more existing customers than new, MLive poll
(5/17/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Saganing Eagles Landing Casino near Standish has plans for a big expansion that will include the addition of a six-story hotel, restaurant and table...
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Tribe names new CEO for gaming operations
(5/17/2013)
(Michigan) -- A native of Great Britain with more than 30 years’ experience in the gaming industry has been named the chief executive officer of the Saginaw...
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Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe buries ancestors' remains unearthed more than 100 years ago
(5/17/2013)
(Michigan) -- Rain beat gently against the yellowed shell of the tribal lodge but not a drop appeared to fall into an opening in the ceiling where smoke from a log fire...
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Tribe trust plan lacks Hopkins support
(5/15/2013)
(Michigan) -- In response to a question by the U.S. Department of the Interior asking Hopkins Township to describe whether any potential conflicts of land use may arise...
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BLOG: Michigan Indian Tribal Leaders speak out against Michigan's approval of a wolf hunt
(5/15/2013)
(Michigan) -- Last Thursday the Michigan Natural Resources Commission approved a limited public wolf harvest in three distinct regions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula...
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FireKeepers Casino operators pay Battle Creek schools, governments over 187-thousand dollars
(5/14/2013)
(Michigan) -- Nearly 188-thousand dollars will be given to nine school districts and governments in Calhoun County from the FireKeepers Casino.
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FireKeepers Revenue Sharing Board awards $187,875 to Battle Creek area schools and governments
(5/14/2013)
(Michigan) -- In amounts ranging from $3,000 to $75,000, nine school programs and government projects in Calhoun County were awarded shares of $187,875 in grants by the...
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Saganing Casino Expansions to Add 251 Jobs
(5/13/2013)
(Michigan) -- The Saganing Eagles Landing Casino said it's planning expansions to more than triple its facility as well as bring 251 new jobs to the Standish area.
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Saganing Eagles Landing Casino hotel, gaming expansion to add 251 jobs; will you go?
(5/13/2013)
(Michigan) -- Big changes are in store for the Saganing Eagles Landing Casino, which is slated for an expansion and the addition of 251 jobs.
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Indian remains from 1883 are sent home to Michigan
(5/13/2013)
(Michigan) -- The remains of 11 Native Americans, including two sets that were housed at the University of Nebraska State Museum, will be buried in a Michigan cemetery...
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Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe members to recover 19th century ancestors' remains from Nebraska
(5/13/2013)
(Michigan) -- For Charmaine Shawana, closure is a homecoming 119 years in the making. Next week, the 58-year-old Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan member will...
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Grant-Lee Phillips exploring Native American heritage in latest album, Ark show
(5/13/2013)
(Michigan) -- Grant-Lee Phillips has often explored the themes of history and legend in his songs. “But sometimes, I don’t have to look quite so far to find...
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Native American remains at Nebraska museum to be buried in mid-Michigan
(5/13/2013)
(Michigan) -- The remains of Native Americans that were housed at the University of Nebraska State Museum are expected to be buried at a cemetery in mid-Michigan.
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L’Anse plant releases could pose health risk
(5/12/2013)
(Michigan) -- Releases from the L'Anse Warden Electric Company power plant, a nearby fuels processing facility and the CertainTeed L'Anse Plant could pose a public...
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