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On the recordFebruary 8, 2024
For Lower Sioux, this corporate charter limits transactions that they can make to $1,000 without the direct consent of the Secretary of the Interior.
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Tina Smith
Democratic · Minnesota

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Senator Smith explains the restrictive nature of the corporate charter on Lower Sioux's transactions.

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