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Cobell Berry Lemonade

I started Heart Berry with my Cobell check. In 2014, $800 was a tank of propane for the winter. But I wanted Elouise's work, her struggle, and the fights over land to mean something for my family.  We can make lemonade and we can make Cobell Berry Lemonade.  Elouise Cobell spent her life fighting over stolen land, land rights, and the agreements made by the federal government with tribes and their broken trusts.  After a lifetime of lawsuits, former land holders were paid out in waves, mine coming in 2014. I took that $800 and rolled it back into Heart Berry once, twice, and at this point 1000 times in a thousand ways.  I never borrowed money or went into...

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