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Byron Dorgan: “Enough is enough. It's time for Congress to step in, to accept what the Department itself found in its proposed…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2008
Enough is enough. It's time for Congress to step in, to accept what the Department itself found in its proposed finding--that the Little Shell Tribe is entitled to federal recognition.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota
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congress.gov
Sep 25, 2008

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Dorgan urges Congress to recognize the Little Shell Tribe's federal acknowledgment.

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