Byron Dorgan: “Thank God for the Little Missouri, right?”

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 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.

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