,,iv #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,,res4 #djc ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,may #bc1 #bjai,mr4 ,gallego submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1 and in addition to the ,committees on ,natural ,resources1 and ,armed ,services1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,,resolution ,honoring and recognizing the military service and contributions of ,native ,american veterans and communities4 ,whereas the contributions1 sacrifices1 and disproportionate service of ,native ,american veterans has been integral to the success of the ,united ,states military over the course of its history2 ,whereas ,native ,american veterans have served with distinction in the ,united ,states military in every major conflict for over #bjj years1 earning ,purple ,hearts1 ,bronze ,stars1 ,silver ,stars1 ,congressional ,gold ,medals1 the ,congressional ,medal of ,honor1 and other medals1 awards1 and decorations2 ,whereas1 during the ,revolutionary ,war-- 7#a7 the ,penobscot and ,passamaquoddy ,tribes heeded ,general ,george ,washington's call on ,december #bd1 #aggf1 for supplemental troops for his army by sending #fjj of their own to fight on behalf of the ,american ,revolution2 7#b7 the ,delaware ,tribe signed the ,treaty of ,fort ,pitt with the ,united ,states in #aggh to provide ,native troops and grant ,americans permission to stage attacks on the ,british from ,delaware territory2 and 7#c7 the ,oneida ,nation fought alongside ,american soldiers in the battles of ,oriskany and ,saratoga1 providing critical support that prevented an early ,american defeat in the ,revolution2 ,whereas1 during the ,american ,civil ,war-- 7#a7 roughly #c1fjj ,native ,americans served in the ,union ,army2 and 7#b7 ,general ,ely ,s4 ,parker1 a ,seneca ,indian1 adjutant1 and secretary to ,lieutenant ,general ,ulysses ,s4 ,grant1 contributed to the brokering of peace by drafting the final articles of ,confederate surrender signed by ,general ,robert ,e4 ,lee at ,appomattox ,court ,house on ,april #i1 #ahfe2 ,whereas more than #ab1jjj ,native ,americans served in ,world ,war ,i1 many of whom were not conscripted1 but had volunteered to serve despite the fact that one-third of all ,native ,americans still had not been granted full citizenship by the ,united ,states ,government at the time2 ,whereas the ,choctaw ,indians1 largely without ,american citizenship status1 stationed at battlefield command posts pioneered the use of ,native ,american languages to encode ,united ,states military communications1 successfully protected ,united ,states and ,allied troops1 supply locations1 and plans from enemy intelligence1 ensured the security of ,allied resources and ,allied lives1 and contributed to the ,allied victory in ,world ,war ,i2 ,whereas over one-third of able-bodied ,native ,american men between the ages of #ah and #ej and as much as #gj percent of certain tribal populations served during ,world ,war ,,ii1 representing the highest per capita contribution to the total war effort of any demographic group in the ,united ,states2 ,whereas ,united ,states ,marine ,corporal ,ira ,hayes1 a ,pima ,indian born in ,sacaton1 ,arizona1 fought in the ,battle of ,iwo ,jima and was #a of the #f servicemembers immortalized in an iconic photograph raising an ,american flag over ,mount ,suribachi on ,february #bc1 #aide2 ,whereas the ,united ,states ,world ,war ,,ii mobilization efforts infringed on several ,indian reservations1 diminished the influence of the ,bureau of ,indian ,affairs within ,congress by moving its ,washington office to ,chicago1 cut funding for ,indian programs1 and caused a shortage of nurses and doctors on reservations as medical professionals joined military operations2 ,whereas the ,united ,states ,government's annexation of ,indian land for the establishment of ,japanese internment camps on the ,gila and ,colorado ,river ,indian ,reservations 7,mohave and ,chemehuevi7 in ,arizona occurred without the prior consultation of the tribes impacted2 ,whereas over #djj ,native ,americans served integral roles in ,world ,war ,,ii as code talkers1 employing their knowledge of ,navajo and other ,native ,american languages 7which the ,united ,states ,government had long attempted to suppress through the forcible assimilation of ,native children in church and ,government-sponsored ,anglophone boarding schools since the late #ahjjs7 to develop unbreakable codes to send messages across the ,pacific2 ,whereas ,navajo ,code ,talkers contributed to every ,pacific ,marine-led assault from #aidb to #aide1 including ,iwo ,jima1 ,guadalcanal1 ,tarawa1 and ,peleliu1 and in #bjja1 #bh ,navajo ,code ,talkers received ,congressional ,gold ,medals1 mostly posthumously2 ,whereas #db1jjj ,native ,americans served in the ,vietnam ,war1 over #ij percent of them volunteers1 and the names of #bcb ,american ,indian and ,alaska ,natives who were killed in combat or went missing in action are etched on the ,vietnam ,veterans ,memorial ,wall in ,washington1 ,,dc2 ,whereas over #aj1jjj ,native ,americans served in the ,korean ,war and #aid were killed in combat2 ,whereas ,lori ,ann ,piestewa1 a member of the ,hopi ,tribe born in ,tuba ,city1 ,arizona1 was the first ,native ,american woman in the ,united ,states military killed in the ,iraq ,war1 the first ,native ,american woman in history to die in combat on ,march #bc1 #bjjc1 while serving in the ,united ,states military1 and was extolled by her surviving servicemembers as the heroine of the ambush in which she died2 ,whereas roughly #ca1jjj ,american ,indians and ,alaska ,natives are currently on active duty1 serving in ,afghanistan1 ,iraq1 and around the world1 where they continue to serve in greater numbers per capita than any other demographic group2 ,whereas ,native ,american women serve in our ,armed ,forces at disproportionately high rates2 and ,whereas ,native ,american veterans experience higher rates of homelessness and substance abuse than other groups1 and face limited access to medical care due to the shortcomings of the ,department of ,veteran ,affairs in administering culturally sensitive treatment and establishing facilities within accessible distances to rural reservations3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7 honors the disproportionately high military service1 sacrifice1 and patriotism of ,native ,american veterans2 7#b7 recognizes the indispensable contributions of ,native ,americans in advancing ,united ,states interests1 military successes1 and global stability1 often as the ,united ,states ,government failed to fulfill its ,federal trust responsibility and protect ,tribal treaty rights1 lands1 and resources2 and 7#c7 commits to addressing the unique hardships and inequities faced by ,native veterans1 servicemembers1 and ,gold ,star families as well as upholding our ,nation's solemn responsibilities to support the indigenous communities and ,tribes that continue to serve our country since our ,nation's founding4