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acknowledgement in 2022, in which a statement Lobo made in 1966 as he walked on the grounds of what would become the UCI campus, was highlighted: "Our children shall not know the experience of roaming over these rolling hills and listening to the wild birds as they talk to nature. Our footprints upon
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unratified treaties. In reference to this, Lobo stated "By nature my people are trusting to the point of being gullible. California was admitted to the Union in 1850 on a rental basis, and we’re asking the government to buy it back honorably, if they want it."
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