Grijalva, Sen. Heinrich Commemorate Native American Heritage Month, Introduce Bills to Elevate Tribes' Role in Land Management and Protect Cultural Sites

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"This country's history of stealing, silencing, and suppressing Indigenous peoples' cultural heritage and connections to their ancestral homelands is an injustice that can never be fully remedied, but we can't resign ourselves to complacency. Current deficiencies in our public land management laws limit the tools we have for upholding our trust and treaty responsibilities to protect these lands and the tribes' many cultural resources that remain on them. These bills will aim to correct those missteps and ensure that tribes have the say they deserve in how our public lands are managed, protected, and conserved. I want to thank the many tribal nations that have long advocated for these fixes and Senator Heinrich for his partnership in transforming that advocacy into legislation. This is a bipartisan issue and I hope my Committee colleagues will prioritize it for consideration."

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