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Martin Heinrich: The trust responsibility does not end with IHS and it does not end with BIA.

On the recordNovember 7, 2017
The trust responsibility does not end with IHS and it does not end with BIA.
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Martin Heinrich
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Heinrich asserts that Federal obligations to tribes extend beyond specific agencies.

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