I very much appreciated your testimony, as you reviewed some of the history of the illegal land transfers which is, of course, as you pointed out, part of the long legacy of taking land from the Ojibwe people in this place that is now known as Minnesota and across the Country.
Smith expresses gratitude for the testimony on the history of land transfers affecting the Ojibwe people.
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