Detroit Lakes Online: "Sens. Franken, Dorgan in White Earth for field hearing on schools"
Monday, September 13, 2010
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Legislative Session: 111th Congress, 2nd Session (2010)
Senator Franken travelled to White Earth Indian Reservation on Saturday to attend an education hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.
In exchange for Indian lands given up in treaties, the federal government agreed to provide for the health, education and welfare of Indian people 'in perpetuity,' Franken said. 'We haven’t been keeping our end of the deal.'
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