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Tina Smith: This legacy is shameful. It is long past time that we address it.

On the recordJuly 20, 2021
This legacy is shameful. It is long past time that we address it.
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Tina Smith
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Senator Smith emphasizes the need to confront the historical trauma of separating Native children from their families.

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