Byron Dorgan: “I was encouraged to see that his budget has some proposed general increases for programs to address Indian health care…”

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

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

The agency promised changes, but the situation has only disintegrated since.

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.