Byron Dorgan: “Unemployment on the Indian reservations is not seasonal. It is chronic.”

I think what Governor Engler indicated is the most important point, and that is the stability of funding for a project of this type is essential.

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.

Now, we need to change. We need to do it quickly and effectively.

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