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On the recordApril 6, 2011
One of our tribes in Nebraska, the Winnebago Tribe, literally was experiencing unemployment at a 70 percent rate.
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Mike Johanns
Republican · Alaska

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Johanns discusses the high unemployment rate faced by the Winnebago Tribe.

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