Byron Dorgan: “I've already asked the Corps districts that cover North Dakota to do as much advance preparation as is possible.”

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 know that everyone sitting at this table has a passionate desire to fix these problems.

The agency promised changes, but the situation has only disintegrated since.

Tribes ceded close to 200 million acres of land during the treaty-making and removal periods prior to 1881.