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Richard Nixon: Ordinarily, of course, Indian land claims are being, and should be, settled by cash award, but this case has exceptional…

On the recordMay 19, 1972
Ordinarily, of course, Indian land claims are being, and should be, settled by cash award, but this case has exceptional circumstances which the Attorney General has described.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement on Signing Executive Order Providing for Return of Certain Lands to the Yakima Indian Reservation.

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