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On the recordSeptember 30, 1960
A new Democratic administration will bring competent, sympathetic, and dedicated leadership to the administration of Indian affairs which will end practices that have eroded Indian rights and resources, reduced the Indians' land base and repudiated Federal responsibility.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to Arrow (by, for and About American Indians) by Senator John F. Kennedy

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