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On the recordMay 20, 2009
In that case, the Supreme Court held that the Secretary of the Interior could NOT acquire lands in trust status for an Indian tribe acknowledged after 1934.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan discusses the Supreme Court's ruling affecting land trust for tribes recognized post-1934.

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