A day after the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs launched an inquiry into possible treaty rights violations by Wisconsin in drafting an iron ore mining bill in the Assembly, the chairman of the Senate Mining Committee says tribal officials will have a seat at the table. Mike Simonson reports.
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