'Your Land'? Some Native Americans question 就任の song
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - On the first day of Joe Biden's 大統領／総裁などの地位, Native Americans had 推論する／理由 to celebrate. Biden 停止（させる）d construction of the 国境 塀で囲む that 脅すd to 肉体的に separate Indigenous people living on both 味方するs.
He also 取り消すd a 許す for the Keystone XL oil pipeline that tribes fought in 法廷，裁判所 for years, and he agreed to 回復する the 境界s of the first 国家の monument created 特に at the request of tribes in southern Utah. 就任の events showcased tribes across the country in 伝統的な regalia, dancing and in 祈り.
But まっただ中に the revelry, some Native Americans saw a glitch in Wednesday's 断言するing-in 儀式. The only について言及する of Indigenous people （機の）カム in the benediction 配達するd by the Rev. Silvester Beaman. And then there was the mishmash of songs sung by Jennifer Lopez that 含むd lyrics from "This Land is Your Land." The folk tune is popular around campfires and in grade schools, but it also called to mind the nation's long history of land 論争s 伴う／関わるing tribes.
"Oh, I love J.Lo," said Kristen Herring, who is Lumbee and lives in Austin, Texas. "It wasn't 最高の disappointing that she sang it. But I was like, `Oh, why did that have to be on the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of things to sing?´"
Woody Guthrie, who wrote the song in the 1940s, meant it as a retort to "God Bless America" and a rebuke to monetizing land at a time of 経済的な 危機, said Gustavus Stadler, an English professor and author of "Woodie Guthrie: An Intimate Life."
Lopez put a 新たな展開 on it, throwing in part of the 誓約（する） of 忠誠 in Spanish that translates to "司法（官） for all." The Guthrie song has been a symbol of equality, 傾向 and まとまり.
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, とじ込み／提出する photo, Jennifer Lopez 成し遂げるs during 大統領 Joe Biden's 就任（式）／開始 at the U.S. （ワシントンの）連邦議会議事堂 in Washington. Some 部族の members complained about the mishmash of songs sung by Lopez that 含むd lyrics from "This Land is your Land." (Erin Schaff/The New York Times 経由で AP, Pool, とじ込み／提出する)
Lady Gaga sang a rendition of it at the 最高の Bowl months after Donald Trump took office. It was part of Barack Obama's 就任の programming, with a trio of singers, 含むing Bruce Springsteen, 追加するing 支援する some of the 初めの, more 議論の的になる 詩（を作る）s.
But arriving まっただ中に an 成果／努力 by some tribes to be 認めるd as stewards of ancestral land, a movement known as Land 支援する, the lyrics 攻撃する，衝突する the wrong 公式文書，認める for some 部族の members.
"It's a nice little 感情 that America is this mixing マリファナ," said Benny Wayne Sully, who is Sicangu Lakota and lives in Los Angeles. "But does anybody believe this land was made for you and me? Or was it made for white folks? People forget this land was made of brown peop le before it was colonized."
Rep. Deb Haaland, who is from Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, 定評のある that 視野 in a 事実上の welcoming to the 就任の events over the 週末. She's been 指名するd to lead the 内部の Department, which 監督するs 部族の 事件／事情／状勢s. If 確認するd, she would be the first Native American in a 閣僚 地位，任命する.
That's one of the 推論する／理由s Cherie Tebo was able to look past the song that she said was 不適切な and 強調するd how little some Americans know about Indigenous people. She sees an 適切な時期 for tribes to have a seat at the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する in Biden's 行政, 特記する／引用するing Haaland and Winnebago 部族の member Ann Marie Bledsoe 負かす／撃墜するs, who has been 指名するd a 副 solicitor for the 内部の Department.
"ーするために make it work, `this land is your land, this land is my land,' people (need) to understand it doesn´t belong to us," said Tebo, who also is Winnebago. "If anything, we belong to it. And when our land is sick, we are sick."
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Fonseca is a member of The Associated 圧力（をかける）' Race and Ethnicity team. Follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FonsecaAP.
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, とじ込み／提出する photo, Rep. Deb Haaland, a 民主党員 from New Mexico and 指名された人 to be 長官 of the 内部の for 大統領 Joe Biden, wears a mask while …に出席するing the 59th 大統領の 就任（式）／開始 in Washington. If 確認するd, she would lead the 内部の Department, which 監督するs 部族の 事件／事情／状勢s, and she would be the first Native American in a 閣僚 地位，任命する. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool Photo 経由で AP, とじ込み／提出する)
In this image from ビデオ, Demi Lovato 成し遂げるs with Denny MedicineBird, who is Kiowa and Cheyenne Arapaho, in the background during the Celebrating America event on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, に引き続いて the 就任（式）／開始 of Joe Biden as the 46th 大統領，／社長 of the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs. (Biden 就任の 委員会 経由で AP)
