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MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, held an oversight hearing Thursday on Impacts of Environmental Changes on Treaty Rights, Traditional Lifestyles, and Tribal Homelands. “The relationship between Native nations and their environment is sacred. It is the foundation of their cultures and world view,” Akaka […]

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MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii), Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, introduced bipartisan legislation to extend the term of Indian Law and Order Commission for an additional year. Vice Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) and Senators Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Jon Tester (D-Montana), Max Baucus (D-Montana), Al Franken (D-Minnesota), […]

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MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, held an oversight hearing Thursday titled “The Indian Reorganization Act – 75 Years Later: Renewing our Commitment to Restore Tribal Homelands and Promote Self-Determination.” “The hearing illustrated that the intentions of Congress was clear when it enacted the Indian Reorganization Act […]

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Today U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii), Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, introduced a bill to improve the education of Native people, the Native Culture, Language and Access for Success in Schools (Native CLASS) Act.

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MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, held an oversight hearing Thursday titled, “Finding Our Way Home: Achieving the Policy Goals of NAGPRA.” “How we care for the dead speaks volumes about how we value the living,” Akaka said. “We must respect indigenous communities by honoring […]

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MEDIA RELEASE U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) has announced he will assume the Chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and will join the Senate Democratic leadership as Vice Chair of the Steering and Outreach Committee during the current 112th Congress. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) will assume the Chairmanship of the Veterans’ Affairs […]

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