Byron Dorgan: “Thank you for all your years of service with all the issues that our country is facing.”

Obviously the future is education. We have a 50 percent high school dropout rate among Native American youth.

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

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

It is well documented that Indian children are far over represented in foster homes, which is another cultural issue.