Al Franken actually said...

We have in our Country, Ms. Titla, you were talking about the very high percentage of Native children who don't know their Tribal history.

This year is the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.

American Indians are contemporary people. And we all need to understand that you are contemporary people, but you have a culture.

Tragedies like the U.S.-Dakota War happened across the map of this Country during our Nation's early years.