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On the recordApril 2, 2019
Just as the Northwest Ordinance permitted new states to enter the Union on an 'equal footing' with existing states, Congress extended the same principle to tribes.
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Bill Keating
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Keating draws parallels between statehood and tribal recognition.

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