Native American confirmed as head of National Park Service

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FILE - The Grand Canyon National Park is covered successful the greeting sunlight arsenic seen from a chopper adjacent Tusayan, Ariz., connected Oct. 5, 2013. The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved the information of Charles "Chuck" Sams III arsenic National Park Service director, which volition marque him the archetypal Native American to pb the bureau that oversees much than 131,000 quadrate miles of parks and different landmarks. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Posted at 9:53 PM, Nov 19, 2021

and past updated 2021-11-19 22:54:02-05

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved the information of Charles “Chuck” Sams III arsenic National Park Service director.

He becomes the archetypal Native American to pb the bureau that oversees much than 131,000 quadrate miles of parks and different landmarks.

Some conservationists hailed Sams’ confirmation arsenic a committedness to equitable concern with tribes, the archetypal stewards of the land.

Sams told the Confederated Umatilla Journal that he's profoundly honored.

Sams has said helium would enactment to guarantee that Indigenous past of National Park Service lands is included.

Sams is Cayuse and Walla Walla and lives connected the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation successful Oregon.