Byron Dorgan: “It is essential that we consider these things urgent, based on what we now know--or 'dire,' as the Captain indicated.”

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

This is a heavy lift. This is something that needs to be done.

The status quo will not be tolerated.

Do you think she went to find out was this a safe home? She didn’t do that, she didn’t have the time, so this precious child was put in an unsafe circumstance.