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Daniel Inouye: “But as I was listening to you, I could not help but recall that at the time our Constitution was being drafted, and…”

On the recordAugust 5, 2009
But as I was listening to you, I could not help but recall that at the time our Constitution was being drafted, and Indians were specifically mentioned in the provisions, that all indigenous people on the continent and elsewhere were called Indians.
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Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii

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Inouye reflects on the historical reference to indigenous peoples in the Constitution.

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