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On the recordNovember 3, 2009
In certain states, there are treaties, specific treaties signed by tribes, yet through the years, the Department of the Interior and the BIA have just dropped certain tribes that were signatories to those treaties from the rolls.
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Daniel Kildee
Democratic · Michigan

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Kildee discusses the impact of treaty signatories on tribal recognition.

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