Dan Kildee said "The bill, the Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act, will resolve a longstanding dispute over a 1967 judgment fund award by the Indian Claims Commission to three tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana. These tribes are the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Tribes, the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, and the Fort Peck Sioux Tribe. The three tribes won their case against the United States for 27 million acres of land illegally taken from them in direct violation of their treaty rights. I have always enjoyed working with these great nations, and I am glad to count them among my friends." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 8, 1997

The bill, the Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act, will resolve a longstanding dispute over a 1967 judgment fund award by the Indian Claims Commission to three tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana. These tribes are the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Tribes, the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, and the Fort Peck Sioux Tribe. The three tribes won their case against the United States for 27 million acres of land illegally taken from them in direct violation of their treaty rights. I have always enjoyed working with these great nations, and I am glad to count them among my friends.

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Dan Kildee

Democratic · Michigan

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act and its implications for three Sioux tribes.

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