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Cherokee Nation: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Passes Bipartisan 'Durbin Feeling Native American Language Act of 2021'
August 05, 2021
TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma, Aug. 5 -- The Cherokee Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release:

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Wednesday passed the Durbin Feeling Native American Language Act of 2021, a bipartisan bill named in honor of the late Cherokee linguist Durbin Feeling.

Senators Brian Schatz, (D-Hawai'i) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced the bill which was initially proposed by former Sen. Tom Udall (D . . .

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