Byron Dorgan: “It just seems to me that you're making a case that on its face is preposterous.”

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

This is not about politics; everyone on this dais knows that.

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

It is a travesty! Further, it is a problem that will continue to have negative impacts for generations to come.