When you have a reservation such as the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation that I have just described, straddling North and South Dakota, and that reservation, the size of the State of Connecticut, has 9 or 10 police officers to do 24/7 law enforcement, it does not work.
Dorgan highlights the inadequate police presence on large reservations.
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We have to shine all the spotlights on one spot and figure out not only what is happening, but how on earth do we fix it.
Tribes ceded close to 200 million acres of land during the treaty-making and removal periods prior to 1881.
I know that everyone sitting at this table has a passionate desire to fix these problems.
It is well documented that Indian children are far over represented in foster homes, which is another cultural issue.
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