10/12/2011
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"I always look at matters like this at a balance of economic development on Indian land and the unique sovereignty of Indian land."
"The Indians, John Marshall tells us, have retained sovereignty. It is not something we gave them."
"I really want to do what is right for the Indians under our Constitution and among their sovereignty, which they had long before the Constitution was written."
"They are sovereign nations with sovereign lands with all the attendant rights of sovereign nations."