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Transcript: Denise Ben John

Tribal members who go to cities still return to the reservation for services


[Lindberg:]
But do you know people in the cities that just left the reservation?
[John:]
I do.
[Lindberg:]
You do, yeah. So what’s it like for them? Do they feel lonesome?
[John:]
The people that I know, I’ve not—that’s not—I don’t think so.
[Lindberg:]
Yeah, well, do they keep coming back here, or do they just leave and that’s the end of it?
[John:]
And I may be thinking locally. To me, Jackson, Mississippi is a city compared to here.
[Lindberg:]
Well, yeah, sure, absolutely.
[John:]
When I say locally they live not too far from here that they do come here for service.
[Lindberg:]
So they still feel part of your tribe.
[John:]
Right.