<span>It led to a protest known as the Deaf President Now (DPN)
- A student protest that began in March 1988 in Gallaudet University when the Board of Trustees appointed a hearing person over the deaf candidates as its seventh president. The protest ended when all demands were met that includes the appointment of a deaf person, I. King Jordan.<span>
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they made canoes made out of cedar
They didn't believe that a unified government body would protect their individual interests. ... The council would make laws, raise taxes, and set up the defense of the colonies.