Byron Dorgan: “In most circumstances, gaming has almost nothing to do with land-in-trust.”

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 the word 'privatization' has been used. I did not use it.

The question is not the endpoint. The question is what is the route to get to that endpoint.

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