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    There is a two-fold answer to this question. 1.) Many First Nations people that have a background of living on a reservation have a certain accent to their speech like many other people from specific areas. Part of this accent derived from Natives who learned to speak english after speaking their own traditional languages for years. The structure of many traditional languages tend to be unhurried. However… 2.) Certainly not every First Nations person speaks that way. The overall perception of us all speaking that way derives from depictions of us in films and tv speaking in the sterotypical ‘wise old primative’ voice. (think Tonto) I think if anyone was to spend a weekend with my family, they would possibly get quite a different perception!

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    Name : A.J, Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Smethport, State : PA, Country : United States, 
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