Akaka emphasizes the importance of enacting S. 1011 in 2009.
08/05/2009
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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 ...
I want to commend the Departments of our witnesses for your increased efforts for protecting our Nation against terroris...
you have stood firm on the issues of sequestration.
Overall, these policies of assimilation failed to meet the Federal trust responsibility to Native peoples.