Proclamation 5868 --
National American Indian Heritage Week, 1988
By
the President of the
A
Proclamation
National
American Indian Heritage Week, 1988, offers us a fine opportunity to reflect
upon the profound, many-sided, and lasting impact of American Indians and their
forebears on our Nation, history, and way of life. During this time, we can all
join American Indians and Alaska Natives in celebrating their ancient and
diverse heritages. We can also thank them for their achievements in every area
of endeavor.
Those
achievements continue today. Despite past periods of conflict and changes in
Indian affairs policies, the government-to-government relationship between the
May
our national observance of this truly special week in tribute to American
Indians inspire us to seek a deeper understanding of our past and a wider hope
for the future we must walk together in this great and bounteous land.
The
Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 322, has designated the period of
September 23 through
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of
September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of
the
Ronald
Reagan
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