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Maria Cantwell: “The Supreme Court's 2009 decision in Carcieri v. Salazar has created two unequal classes of federally recognized tribes.”

On the recordNovember 19, 2013
The Supreme Court's 2009 decision in Carcieri v. Salazar has created two unequal classes of federally recognized tribes.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Cantwell highlights the inequality caused by the Carcieri decision.

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