Byron Dorgan: “In my judgment, those are the wrong agencies to be cutting in the current economic situation.”

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.

What you and members of this Committee can do and will do by putting the spotlight on this spot will save lives.

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.