Mike Johanns: “The system isn't working. We really do have, in many cases, 20, 30 or…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2009

The system isn't working. We really do have, in many cases, 20, 30 or longer years in which tribes file petitions and never quite get an answer.

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Johanns criticizes the lengthy delays in tribal recognition petitions.

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