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Bernie Sanders' Public Statements on Issue: Indigenous Peoples

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10/10/2022 Tweet - "We owe Native Americans an enormous debt. From the first days of this country, they were lied to, their treaties violated, and their needs ignored. Today, on Indigenous Peoples' Day, let us recommit to standing with them in the fight for long overdue justice."
07/24/2020 Letter to Rear Admiral Michael Weahkee, Director of the Indian Health Service; Tara Sweeney, Assistance Secretary for Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior; Tony Dearman, Director of the Bureau of Indian Education; Ruth Ryder, Acting Director of the Office of Indian Education; and Elinor McCance-Katz, Assistant Secretary of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - U.S. Senator Tina Smith Leads Fight to Provide Mental Health Care for American Indian & Alaska Native Youth During Pandemic
06/08/2020 Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior and the Hon. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education - Udall, Murray: Trump Administration is Worsening Educational Disparities in Tribal Schools Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
05/19/2020 Letter to Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Cantwell, Heinrich, Senate Dems Urge FCC To Ensure Rural Tribal Communities Have Equal Internet Access
05/19/2020 Letter to the Hon. Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission - Heinrich Urges FCC To Ensure Rural Tribal Communities Have Equal Internet Access
05/05/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Udall Pushes to Include Additional Funding for Tribal and Urban Indian Health Facilities in Next COVID-19 Relief Package
05/01/2020 Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Dept. of the Treasury - Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues to Treasury: Disburse $8 Billion in Critical COVID-19 Relief to Tribal Governments Immediately
03/05/2020 Letter to the Hon. Michael R. Pence, Vice President of the United States - Senators Klobuchar, Smith Urge Vice President to Actively Work with Native Communities, Tribal Leaders on Coronavirus Response
05/16/2019 Harris, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Stop Arctic Drilling
03/04/2019 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, the Hon. Chuck Schumer,and the Hon. Kevin McCarthy - Pass Disaster Relief Supplemental that Includes Funding for States, Tribal Nations, and U.S. Territories
01/17/2019 Chairman Grijalva, Sen. Sanders Introduce Bills to Prevent Mining Activities on Sacred Apache Tribal Land Given Away in 2015 Defense Bill
01/01/2019 Issue Position: Empower Tribal Nations
10/12/2018 Letter to Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health - Improve Racial, Ethnic Minority Representation in Clinical Trials
01/01/2018 Issue Position: Empowering Tribal Nations
01/01/2018 Issue Position: Fighting for the Rights of Native Hawaiians
06/15/2017 Grijalva Bill Reverses Giveaway of Sacred Tribal Land to Foreign-Owned Mining Company -- Sen. Sanders Offering Senate Companion
06/15/2017 Grijalva Bill Reverses Giveaway of Sacred Tribal Land to Foreign-Owned Mining Company- Sen. Sanders Offering Senate Companion
02/09/2017 Letter to President Donald Trump - Stand up for Tribal Sovereignty and Treaty Rights
02/07/2017 Letter to the President - Blast Dakota Access Pipeline Decision, Stand up for Tribal Sovereignty and Treaty Rights
11/02/2016 Sanders Welcomes Obama Step on Dakota Access Pipeline
10/28/2016 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Call to Intervene in Dakota Access Pipeline Dispute
10/13/2016 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Senators Ask President to Halt Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline
08/25/2016 Sanders Opposes Dakota Access Pipeline
05/12/2016 Sanders at Pine Ridge Reservation Calls for "New Relationship' with Native Americans
03/24/2016 Sanders Sees Path to Victory in Washington
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