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Richard Nixon: [We] have turned from the question of whether the Federal Government has a responsibility to Indians to the question of…

On the recordJuly 7, 1970
[We] have turned from the question of whether the Federal Government has a responsibility to Indians to the question of how that responsibility can best be fulfilled.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Nixon emphasizes the shift in federal responsibility towards Indian tribes.

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