osage moved away. it would take more than 100 years to right the course of history. mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 2912. in 2004, then chief jim gray and his team pushed a bill through congress to restore the osages right to self-govern. because of a law created in 1906 by this congress, the osage tribe have not been afforded the same rights as every other federally recognized tribe. preventing the tribe from determining its membership and form of government is the exact opposite of promoting self-determination. everyone understood the gravity of what we were doing, and they wanted to be here to see history. the bill is passed. and i think that in many ways, that s exactly what we did. this young country is home to an ancient, noble, and enduring native culture. the bill was finally signed into law as part of president