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Tom Goldtooth moderated the Friday nite plenary session Indigenous Voices: From the Heart of Mother Earth. He stressed the importance of environmental issues. Patty Grant-Long from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians began the discussion with an analysis of the Cherokee's loss of land.

Carrie Dann from the Western Shoshone then described their long struggle for land rights. She noted that no documents exist that record their land being taken away, and therefore it still rightfully belongs to them.