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On the recordSeptember 19, 2012
Overall, these policies of assimilation failed to meet the Federal trust responsibility to Native peoples.
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Daniel Akaka
Democratic · Hawaii

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Akaka critiques the failure of assimilation policies regarding Native peoples.

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