Daniel Akaka: “your success in creating food products that promote a Native American way of wellness that feeds mind, body, and spirit…”

The broad terms Indian and Tribes represented a diversity of people with unique cultures, languages and traditions indigenous to the United States.

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

That is why I have worked hard during my time in Congress to educate, protect, and empower consumers.

You have been a great partner in our work to improve the District and have been, what else can I say, a zealous advocate for its residents for 22 years, and I am still counting.