Byron Dorgan: “This Committee says, in these areas, our Government signed treaties.…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2010

This Committee says, in these areas, our Government signed treaties. In these areas, our Government made explicit promises.

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Dorgan emphasizes the government's treaty obligations to Native Americans.

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