01/12/2009
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"I write on behalf of the State of Montana to express my strong support for S."
"S. 2796 would repeal certain obsolete rules and laws ranging from 1862, as you pointed out, all the way to 1913 that relate to Indians."
"We can't change our history, but we can start to change the paternalistic mentality of the federal government towards Native people."
"Today the Committee will examine three bills: S. 2796, a bill to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to Indians; S. 2959, a bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Qualification A..."