Byron Dorgan: “We can't even do a tribal prosecution, because they have the evidence, we can't get it back.”

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.

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

This is not about politics; everyone on this dais knows that.

I know that everyone sitting at this table has a passionate desire to fix these problems.