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Elizabeth Esty: “How can we be sure that the process will be fair for tribes seeking Federal recognition in the future, if the…”

On the recordApril 21, 2015
How can we be sure that the process will be fair for tribes seeking Federal recognition in the future, if the recognition process is now allowed to be opened up to tribes that have been denied in the past?
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Elizabeth Esty
Democratic · Connecticut

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Esty questions the fairness of reopening the recognition process for previously denied tribes.

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