We have let down the Tribal Nations that reside in the United States time and time again. There's so much we must do to even try to make things right between Oregon and the Indigenous population. With that being said doing everything we can to make up for centuries of mistreatment will be no easy task but we need to try to make things right no matter how hard that can be.

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This is what we must do:

• Declaring missing and murdered indigenous women a state-wide emergency and aggressively acts to prevent the problem from further escalating.

• Support Tribal Sovereignty and Tribal Jurisdiction.

• Fight for increased local control over the administration and operation of tribal housing programs.

• In order to create economic opportunities, we must invest in education from early childhood through higher education. We must fight to fully fund the Bureau of Indian Education and strengthen self-determination to enable culturally-tailored learning unique to each tribal nation and help to retain qualified teachers for Native youth.

• Build upon the integrated work of the Generation Indigenous Initiative to ensure that every Native American child can reach their full potential.

• Fight for plans that allow students to refinance debt, lower interest rates, triple work-study jobs, and provide for free tuition at all public colleges and universities.

• Invest in upgrading our roads and bridges, drinking water and wastewater, freight and passenger rail, and electric, telecommunications, and broadband networks, creating millions of good-paying jobs across the country. Such investment will help address the “digital divide,” where lack of internet access means that Native American communities are at risk of falling even further behind in their ability to access employment, educational, and assorted opportunities made available by modern information technology.

• Protect Sacred Places and Native American Cultures: Native Americans must be empowered to maintain and pass on traditional religious beliefs, languages, and social practices without fear of discrimination or suppression. Native children are the future of tribal nations; the Indian Child Welfare Act is critical to survival and must be enforced with the original intent of the law. Furthermore, tribal cultures, sacred places, religious practices, and landscapes must be protected.

• Stand with Native Americans to fight for voting rights, and defend the enfranchisement of minority communities across the country.

• End the scourge of bias and discrimination against Native peoples in federally funded institutions. Eliminate offensive public school mascots that reflect outdated stereotypes and perpetuate racism against Native Americans.