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MINDEN, Nev. (AP) â A red siren perched atop a small townâs volunteer fire department sounds every night at 6 p.m., sending a piercing noise echoing through the ranches and towns of northern Nevadaâs Carson Valley including Dresslerville â a community governed by the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California.
To Serrell Smokey, the tribe's chairman, the sound is a reminder of racism and violence inflicted upon Native Americans â a "living piece of historical traumaâ with an enduring legacy. He requested officials in the town of Minden silence the region's last remaining siren last summer.