[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 186 (Wednesday, November 20, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H9065]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

  (Mr. SCHRADER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHRADER. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor and recognize Native 
American Heritage Month.
  Oregon currently has nine federally recognized Tribes, three of which 
I am proud to represent here in Congress: The Confederated Tribes of 
Grand Ronde, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and the 
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. I work closely with these Tribal 
governments and with Tribal members, and I am proud to partner with 
them and support their work.
  Oregon's Tribes do incredible work to protect precious natural 
resources, to save our salmon, to lift up Native youth, to keep our 
communities safe, and so much more.
  I want to specifically thank Siletz Chairwoman Dee Pigsley, Grand 
Ronde Chairwoman Cheryle Kennedy, and Warm Springs Chairman Raymond 
Tsumpti for their leadership.
  I also want to acknowledge that Grand Ronde, Siletz, and Warm Springs 
are confederations of Tribes that were terminated in 1954 in an 
insidious act that ended the government's recognition of Tribal 
sovereignty and dismissed the government's trust responsibility in 
western Oregon and across the country. Their restoration is only 
beginning.
  Because of this, Congress must do more to ensure that we are honoring 
our commitments to Tribes and taking seriously our trust 
responsibility.

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