Tuesday, January 30, 2007

AMERICAN INDIANS LIVING IN POVERTY UNDER FEDERAL RECOGNITION

Third World Conditions In Store For Hawaiians If Akaka Bill Passes

The Hill - January 30, 2007

Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) and former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) spoke Thursday about problems facing American Indians at a breakfast co-sponsored by the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and The Hill.

“We have a lot of work to do,” Dorgan said. “We have Third World conditions in a number of Indian reservations in areas of housing, health and education. We need to address these issues.”

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