04/28/2009
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"Ours is a great country, and for us to take time off to give thanks is important to our spirit."
"You have been a great partner in our work to improve the District and have been, what else can I say, a zealous advocate for its residents for 22 years, and I am still counting."
"The broad terms Indian and Tribes represented a diversity of people with unique cultures, languages and traditions indigenous to the United States."
"A government-to-government relationship would make things much more effective and would allow us to manage our resources in a way that better meets the needs of our people."