But for Native peoples, every day is Native heritage day.
I want to say aloha and thank you so much for being here today for the Committee's oversight hearing on Reclaiming Our I...
We must also reaffirm and acknowledge the Department of Education's Federal trust responsibility for American Indian and...
We look forward to continuing to help in our own ways to keep our country great and our people just.
I believe you will do the best you can, once confirmed.
You have been a great partner in our work to improve the District and have been, what else can I say, a zealous advocate...
I want to say a special thank you or mahalo to your family and friends who are with us today.
Ours is a great country, and for us to take time off to give thanks is important to our spirit.
Overall, these policies of assimilation failed to meet the Federal trust responsibility to Native peoples.
to me culture is like a tree. If you cut the tree from the roots, which is a culture, you know, there is a huge loss of ...
So, that is my question and you can feel free to expound on this because I have always felt that culture should be playi...
The broad terms Indian and Tribes represented a diversity of people with unique cultures, languages and traditions indig...
A government-to-government relationship would make things much more effective and would allow us to manage our resources...
Presidents Johnson and Nixon respectively introduced policies supporting Tribal self-determination.
From the Constitution, it is clear our Founding Fathers understood the sovereign authority of Tribal nations and their g...
A Native Hawaiian government would improve efficiency through coordination of resources and services.
This Country made treaties with the Indian Tribes, just as we did with a diversity of foreign nations.
I would like to reiterate this Administration's commitment to the government-to-government relationship with tribes.
