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On the recordNovember 16, 2021
The Congress has an opportunity to do the right thing and fix an historic wrong by passing the Lumbee Recognition Act.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

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Butterfield urges Congress to correct past injustices against the Lumbee Tribe.

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