While we continue to improve educational benefits such as the G.I. Bill, job training, and other opportunities through legislation spearheaded by the Chairman, we must keep working to improve the mental health provided to our veterans.
Emphasizes the need for improved mental health care for veterans alongside educational benefits.
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We must also reaffirm and acknowledge the Department of Education's Federal trust responsibility for American Indian and Alaska Native students.
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 something.
Overall, these policies of assimilation failed to meet the Federal trust responsibility to Native peoples.
The month of November provides Native peoples opportunity to educate by sharing their history and culture with a larger audience.
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