Tahansi Kevin Locke Named First Peace Prize Awardee

The International Academy for Human Sciences and Culture, in Zurich, Switzerland, has named Tahansi Kevin Locke their very FIRST Peace Prize Awardee.

The Academy states:"As the survival of the world’s indigenous peoples and the protection of their cultural and spiritual heritage is imperative as an essential part of the cultural and spiritual heritage of humankind as a whole, we would like the first peace prize 2020, to be awarded to both your late mother, Pat, and yourself. "

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