"We must also reaffirm and acknowledge the Department of Education's Federal trust responsibility for American Indian and Alaska Native students."
"But for Native peoples, every day is Native heritage day."
"I believe you will do the best you can, once confirmed."
"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."
"Ours is a great country, and for us to take time off to give thanks is important to our spirit."
"We look forward to continuing to help in our own ways to keep our country great and our people just."
"I want to say a special thank you or mahalo to your family and friends who are with us today."
"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."
"So, that is my question and you can feel free to expound on this because I have always felt that culture should be playing a huge part in what happens to the groups."
"A government-to-government relationship would make things much more effective and would allow us to manage our resources in a way that better meets the needs of our people."
"The broad terms Indian and Tribes represented a diversity of people with unique cultures, languages and traditions indigenous to the United States."