U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan introduces Indian land bill

 
By Chris Casteel | Published: September 29, 2009   

WASHINGTON — A U.S. senator wants to clear up confusion created by a Supreme Court decision regarding American Indian land.

Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-S.D., introduced legislation aimed at clarifying the 1934 law that allowed the Secretary of Interior to take land into trust for tribes.

A high court decision issued early this year in a Rhode Island case has raised questions about all land taken into trust for tribes that weren’t federally recognized before the 1934...
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