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On the recordSeptember 19, 2012
The broad terms Indian and Tribes represented a diversity of people with unique cultures, languages and traditions indigenous to the United States.
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Daniel Akaka
Democratic · Hawaii

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Akaka highlights the cultural diversity of Native peoples.

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