Daniel Akaka said...

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 ...

We must also reaffirm and acknowledge the Department of Education's Federal trust responsibility for American Indian and...

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

I would like to reiterate this Administration's commitment to the government-to-government relationship with tribes.