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Richard Nixon: This bill represents justice, because in 1906 an injustice was done in which land involved in this bill, 48,000 acres…

On the recordDecember 14, 1970
This bill represents justice, because in 1906 an injustice was done in which land involved in this bill, 48,000 acres, was taken from the Indians involved, the Taos Pueblo Indians.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks on Signing Bill Restoring the Blue Lake Lands in New Mexico to the Taos Pueblo Indians

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