PRINTER'S NO. 4245
No. 424 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY REED, BAKER, BALDWIN, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES,
BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BISHOP, BOYD, BUNT,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, COHEN, CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA,
CRUZ, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO,
FICHTER, FORCIER, FREEMAN, GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE,
GOOD, GOODMAN, HARHAI, HARHART, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY,
JAMES, LEDERER, MAJOR, MANN, MARSICO, McGILL, McILHATTAN,
METCALFE, MILLARD, MUSTIO, NAILOR, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PARKER,
PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PISTELLA, PYLE, QUIGLEY, RAMALEY, RAPP,
RAYMOND, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROBERTS, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO,
SAMUELSON, SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SHANER,
SIPTROTH, B. SMITH, SONNEY, STABACK, STEIL, TANGRETTI,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
JUNE 19, 2006
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 19, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating August 2006 as "Native American Awareness Month" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The Lenape (Delaware) are an indigenous people in
4 this Commonwealth and were displaced from the eastern states to
5 Indiana in the early 1800s; and
6 WHEREAS, The Thunder Mountain Lenape is an organization of
7 persons who share the Native American heritage of the Lenape;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, The Thunder Mountain Lenape has been active in their
10 community interpreting their traditions, heritage and culture
11 regionally, Statewide and internationally, including exhibits of
1 art at the United Nations; and
2 WHEREAS, The Thunder Mountain Lenape holds a Native American
3 Festival in August; and
4 WHEREAS, The United Nations celebrates August 9 of each year
5 as "Indigenous Peoples' Day"; and
6 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives supports the United
7 Nations' effort to increase public awareness of indigenous
8 peoples' cultural heritage and place in today's society;
9 therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate August
11 2006 as "Native American Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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