Senator Dorgan once said it takes four agencies and 49 steps. I think with the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, we say it is seven agencies and 100 steps.
It is well documented that Indian children are far over represented in foster homes, which is another cultural issue.
Obviously the future is education. We have a 50 percent high school dropout rate among Native American youth.
You cannot allow this to continue. This is not fair. It is not even legal.
I wanted to say one of my regrets is I don't think we do enough in our Congress of oversight hearings.
If kids are not in first place, then there is something unbelievably warped about people.
They need our help because we are the ones who made the promise and we are the ones not keeping it.
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 u...
We have to shine all the spotlights on one spot and figure out not only what is happening, but how on earth do we fix it.
I am happy to do that. I think what she and Senator Murkowski have introduced has great merit.
These are solemn promises by the government and then what has been done relevant to those promises.