05/14/2013
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"These issues translate into fewer on-reservation businesses, fewer jobs in tribal communities, and Native youth having to leave home in search of opportunities elsewhere."
"I do hope that we can get the Little Shell Recognition Bill across the finish line."
"The overriding concern that presents itself in Indian Country, and what this legislation seeks to address, is the absence of fully functioning economies on far too many reservations."
"If we are impeding upon sovereignty, it is over with."