NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Mr. Speaker, as I heard the gentleman from Michigan think about the unique contributions of Native Americans not only in…”

“Mr. Speaker, as I heard the gentleman from Michigan think about the unique contributions of Native Americans not only in his home State but in mine as well, I am struck by the comment of one of my constituents in my first term who came here to Washington to visit not only his congressman but to see the monuments memorializing the contributions of so many. This particular gentleman was a veteran of the Vietnam conflict. He was mindful of the fact that Ira Hayes appeared in the Marine Memorial, but at the end of his time in the immediate vicinity of the mall, he said, ``I just have one question, Congressman: Where is the Indian?'' That question challenges us today on a myriad of legislation with which we deal, as we recognize sovereign rights, as we deal with, as the gentleman from West Virginia pointed out, with a century-old dilemma of trust funds that administrations of both parties have tried to deal with, and Congress even employing a task force, which I mentioned earlier.”