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“We were root and berry owners, not water owners. We were owners of thirst and owners of hunger. We travelled to places with water roots. You dig and dig in the hard ground for water. You follow the vine down, when you reach the roots, many are bitter ... The babies sucked their mothers dry ... When thirst was destroying us, we visited our relatives at a place called G/am where there was always water ... My father wanted me to marry for water, to marry a girl whose family were owners of G/am waterhole.” 61⁄4Oma, a member of Ju'hoansi. Quote from the John Marshall archive video from the Smithsonian's Human Studies Film Archives: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/ category/arts-culture/the-juhoansi-tribe-inaction/ and https://www.der.org/kalfam/part1-transcript.html