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On the recordSeptember 9, 2020
Well, it signals that it is a bigger problem than we feel because Navajo Nation, No. 1, is the biggest Indian Nation in the country.
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Joe Garcia
Democratic · Florida

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Garcia highlights the BIE's lack of responsiveness to the Navajo Nation's needs.

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