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Henry Dawes: We now urge this Congress to take action to finish the job it started in 1934, and provide meaningful relief--to Mashpee…

On the recordJune 22, 2011
We now urge this Congress to take action to finish the job it started in 1934, and provide meaningful relief--to Mashpee and to other Indian tribes that have been harmed.
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Henry Dawes
Massachusetts

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Calls for Congress to fulfill its 1934 promise to assist harmed tribes.

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In 1934 Congress recognized that allotment was a failed policy, unfairly destructive of tribal communities.

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