House subcommittee takes up controversial American Indian Empowerment Act

A controversial Indian lands bill that faced repeated opposition during the Obama administration is seeing new life in the Trump era.

Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) has introduced the American Indian Empowerment Act in every session of Congress dating back to 2011. But the bills never went anywhere due to lukewarm support from Indian Country and outright opposition from the Obama administration.

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