"sovereignty needs to mean something."
"It is not a nice to have; it is honoring a treaty."
"I have always viewed them as equals and not rivals."
"My position on the Little Shell has been supportive of it."
"It's a new day for Indian Country. It's a new day for tribal sovereignty. And it's a new day for prosperous tribal economies."
"If you must fight, fight for your people."
"As Interior Secretary, Mr. Zinke will fill a key role in the government-to-government relationship with Shakopee and every other tribal government."
"The Administration has an opportunity to foster a new economic period of productivity."
"Many reservations continue to struggle, as we are all aware."
"All of what the Shakopee Tribe does, for others, and with other governments, rests on one basic foundation--the Shakopee Tribe is a government, a sovereign, worthy of respect by other sovereign govern..."
"To date, the process is unclear to me. I will get to the bottom of it."