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Malheur occupation in Oregon: whose land is it really?

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imageThe Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is part of a complicated history of land in the western US.US Fish and Wildlife Service, CC BY-SA

The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, a 187,757-acre haven for greater sandhill cranes and other native birds in eastern Oregon, is usually a pretty peaceful place. But its calm was shattered on Saturday, January 2...

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