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The United States Senate passed a Senate resolution recognizing November 2024 as National Native American Heritage Month. The measure was led by Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Chairman Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee.
“In November, we celebrate Native American Heritage Month to recognize American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian peoples and their diverse cultures, achievements, and contributions to the United States,” said Chairman Schatz. “I am honored to lead this year’s Senate resolution with Vice Chairman Murkowski and recommit to upholding the federal trust responsibility and strengthening self-determination for Tribal Nations and Native communities across the country.”
“Celebrating November as Native American Heritage Month encourages a deeper understanding of the traditions, languages, cultures, and ways of life in Indigenous communities across the United States. The values and worldview of Native peoples have made us stronger, starting with the nation’s founding, the service of the Code Talkers, contributions to science, the arts, and more,” said Vice Chairman Murkowski. “This month we honor these achievements and I remain committed to working in partnership with all Indigenous peoples to uphold the federal trust responsibility.”
The Schatz-Murkowski resolution is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Baldwin (D-Wis.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Booker (D-N.J), Butler (D-Calif.), Cantwell (D-Wash.), Collins (R-Maine), Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Cramer (R-N.D.), Crapo (R-Idaho), Daines (R-Mont.), Duckworth (D-Ill.), Fischer (R-Neb.), Heinrich (D-N.M), Helmy (D-N.J.), Hickenlooper (D-Colo,), Hirono (D- Hawai‘i), Hoeven (R-N.D.), Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Kaine (D-Va.), King (I-Maine), Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Lankford (R-Okla.), Luján (D-N.M.), Markey (D-Mass.), Merkley (D-Ore.), Moran (R-Kan.), Mullin (R-Okla.), Murray (D-Wash.), Padilla (D-Calif.), Risch (R-Idaho), Rosen (D-Nev.), Rounds (R-S.D.), Schumer (D-N.Y.), Shaheen (D-N.H.), Sinema (I-Ariz.), Smith (D-Minn.), Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tester (D-Mont.), Van Hollen (D-Md.), Warner (D-Va.), Warren (D-Mass.), Wicker (R-Miss.), and Wyden (D-Ore.).
For more information on S.Res.897, click here.
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