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To theResolution [[the Resolution]] on HR 2680

Add as the 2nd WHEREAS:

WHEREAS, Indian tribes, bands, and groups throughout the United States and[[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[strikethrough]] Alaska select their spokesmen and governing bodies in accordance with customary law or written constitution, and in either situation such spokesmen or governing bodies are fully responsible to the people they represent, the Indian people having followed democratic forms of government since long before the United States governments was organized, and

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