Senate Passes Heinrich Supported Resolution on National Native American Heritage Month

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate has passed a Senate resolution recognizing November 2024 as National Native American Heritage Month cosponsored by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and led byU.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee.

“During Native American Heritage Month, we reflect on the stories, struggles, and triumphs of Native Americans across our nation,” said Heinrich. “I’ll always fight to uphold Tribal sovereignty and self-determination and deliver for Tribal communities.”

In addition to Heinrich, Schatz, and Murkowski, the resolution is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), George Helmy (D-N.J.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo,), Mazie K. Hirono (D- Hawai‘i), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Angus King (I-Maine), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Krysten Sinema (I-Ariz.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).

For more information on the resolution, click here.

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