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Native American Veterans’ National Cemetery |
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SJM88 |
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LFC
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
Senate Joint Memorial
88 requests the NM congressional delegation support legislation expanding 38
U.S.C. 2408 to include tribal governments in the distribution of grants from
the federal state cemetery grants program so that a Native American veterans’
national cemetery can be established within the four sacred mountains of the
Navajo Nation. The bill allows for both
Native American and non-native veterans to be buried near their homes in the
Gallup, Grants, Farmington, Shiprock and Window Rock areas.
Significant
Issues
The memorial points out that the only veterans’
cemetery on the Navajo Nation is located in Fort Defiance, Arizona and it is
filled to capacity. The average age of
the Navajo Nation World War II veteran in 75 years and over 50 veterans die
each year. The memorial directs that
the NM congressional delegation, director of the department of Navajo veterans’
affairs, the secretary of the US department of veterans’ affairs and the state
director of veteran’s affairs receive copies of the memorial.
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