Joe Garcia: “Simply put, children who were brought here hadn't committed a crime, misdemeanor or otherwise.”

That is the binding contract the United States entered into with Tribes, and from those treaties and other laws has arisen the United States' sacred trust responsibility to the Indian Nations and our peoples.

We urge the Subcommittee to demand that the Department of the Interior commit to abide by the wishes of the tribal government when it comes to re-opening schools.

I ask this committee to empower Tribal Government in the next reauthorization measure by giving Tribes the resources they need.

The Federal Communications Commission found that only 65 percent of tribal lands have broadband networks and are the most digitally disconnected lands in the United States.