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On the recordJune 12, 2024
the Carcieri decision put rebuilding tribal homelands into a tailspin, and for 15 years, it has slowed Interior's land-into-trust process
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Schatz criticizes the Carcieri decision's negative impact on tribal land restoration.

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