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Tom Cole: “The Federal government's treatment of tribal nations over most of the last 200 years has often been reprehensible.”

On the recordNovember 3, 2009
The Federal government's treatment of tribal nations over most of the last 200 years has often been reprehensible.
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Tom Cole
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Cole criticizes historical injustices faced by tribal nations.

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