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On the recordMarch 25, 2009
In spite of this legal and moral obligation to our people, the Congress has failed to provide for our people as set forth in the 1851 and 1858 treaties and in subsequent agreements and obligations.
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John Stone
Michigan

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John Stone criticizes Congress for not fulfilling treaty obligations to the Yankton Sioux Tribe.

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Our tribe would be able to meet the basic human needs of our people within even a portion of what you have expended in Iraq, to date, installing democracy there.

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