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

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