Daniel Akaka: “These families need the support of the VA also to deal with needs of the veteran in the home situation.”

it is very difficult for me to rise today-- with a heavy heart--to bid aloha to my good friend, colleague, and brother Dan Inouye. It is hard for me to believe that the terrible news I just received is true. Senator Inouye was a true…

Presidents Johnson and Nixon respectively introduced policies supporting Tribal self-determination.

Well, thank you very much for that.

Overall, these policies of assimilation failed to meet the Federal trust responsibility to Native peoples.