I stood on a street in a very small community recently on an Indian reservation and looked around 360 degrees, and I saw HUD-owned housing--owned by HUD, I believe managed by the tribal housing authority--that was in such desperate condition it was absolutely shocking. I have seen bad housing.
Discussing the condition of HUD-owned housing on an Indian reservation.
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I know that everyone sitting at this table has a passionate desire to fix these problems.
I just want to say that I am concerned about the court's decision in Carcieri and the impact it may have on those tribes that were recognized after 1934.
I just want to say that I am concerned about the court's decision in Carcieri and the impact it may have on those tribes that were recognized after 1934.
Tribes ceded close to 200 million acres of land during the treaty-making and removal periods prior to 1881.
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