Ned Norris Jr.: “We have not been given that opportunity to sit as a Tribal government with the U.S. Government to have this…”

The greatest threat to liberty is an inert people, which is what fusion centers induce by placing a price on the exercise of fundamental democratic freedoms.

We ask that you see this legislation for what it is: the first time in the modern era in which Congress would unilaterally renege on the solemn promises made by the United States in an Indian land and water rights settlement.

That is not consultation. That is not government-to-government consultation.

However, the language added to Section 901... jeopardizes the long-term enforcement of the law and detracts from the key purpose of Title IX.