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Seminole Memorial Day 2017
Seminole Nation Wreath Laying Ceremony Memorial Day 2017
Nez Perce 2017
Nez Perce Veterans Training Summit
Photos courtesy of Brett Bowers
Taos 2017
Interim VA Deputy Secretary Visits the Tribe of Taos Pueblo
Hopi Cake
Hopi Code Talker Recognition Day
Office of Tribal Government Relations met with the Tohono O'odham Ki:Ki Association on the Tribal HUD VASH program
Tohono O'odham Ki:Ki Association

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Honor Guard
4th Annual Inter-Tribal Homeless Veterans Stand Down
Princesses
OKC VA Health Care System 16th Annual Honor Dance
Native Veteran receives certificate
Warm Springs Veterans 2016 Summit
Native US Army Veteran uniform
National Gathering of American Indian Veterans, Wheaton, Illinois
Gov. Hamilton speaks with Native Veteran
Veterans Memorial Event - Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
Charles Tailfeathers at POWMIA ceremony
Grand Ronde Veterans Summit - 4th Annual Gathering of Warriors
Soy Redthunder
Tribal Veteran Representative (TVR) Training & Summit
Secretary McDonald
Secretary McDonald Visits Northwest
Chickasaw Nation Groundbreaking Ceremony
Chickasaw Nation Groundbreaking Ceremony
Panel discussion at Tribal Consultation
Tribal Consultation at NCAI 2016 Mid-Year Conference
Veteran at Chilocco Alumni Breakfast
Chilocco Alumni Veterans Breakfast
Entrance to new tribal cemetery.
San Carlos Apache Arizona
San Carlos Apache Arizona Veterans Speech to San Carlos Apache Arizona Veterans
VASEC McDonald receiving an award from Larry Townsend, NCAI
NCAI 2016 Executive Council Winter Session
Left to right: Brian Cladoosby, NCAI President; VA Secretary Bob McDonald; and Joe Byrd, Eastern OK Area VP VASEC McDonald addressing the NCAI audience Left to right: Brian Cladoosby, VASEC McDonald; Larry Townsend; and Joe Byrd Left to right: Larry Townsend, NCAI Southeast Area VP; VASEC McDonald; and Leander McDonald, United Tribes Technical College VA Sec McDonald addressing NCAI
Ceremony at Seminole Nation Rolling Thunder
2016 Seminole Nation Rolling Thunder

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Elderly Veteran receiving a free haircut.
Inter-Tribal Stand Down
Buddy Bond Inter-Tribal Honor Guard, Lt Gov Cornell Sankey, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, and the Kiowa Black Leggings Honor Guard following the posting of colors Matthew Tiger, Tulsa/Cherokee Nation Vet Center Representative and Ms. Lottie Jay, Volunteer (member of Delaware Nation and Apache Tribe of Oklahoma) working in the Clothing Room Ms. Sandra Johnson, Lawton USPHS Employee, assisting a Veteran with information State Representative Seneca Scott, Tulsa District 72, addresses the crowd Assistant Director, OKC VAHCS Mr. Edward L. Woody, addresses the crowd Mary Culley, OTGR, with Rolling Thunder representatives RADM Meeks, Jenifer Gover, OK State Rep. Scott, 2015 Miss Indian OK Carmen "Pretty Horses" Sankey and C&A Tribal Princess Evana Wilson Cheyenne and Arapaho Transit Program Rep Wilma Tapaha learning about the Oxford House Behavioral Health Pgm Mr. Bill Brown, OKC Vet Center assisting a young Veteran Two members of the Comanche Indian Veterans Organization speaking with a another Veteran Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs rep assisting a Veteran OKC VJO/Homeless Rep Christine Cleary talks with Vets and family members
Beth Juachon, VBA San Diego Regional Office; John Quichocho, VBA San Diego Regional Office and Sharon Landon, NCA Fort Rosecrans/Miramar National Cemetery.
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Annual 72nd Convention
The Secretary presented a flag and headstone to a family member of a deceased Alaska Territorial Guard Veteran in Point Hope, Alaska.
Secretary VA Visit to Alaska, August 11-13
Secretary VA with Alaska Territorial Guard family members. Secretary VA with spouse of an Alaska Territorial Guard Veteran. Northern Lights Dancers in Kotzebue, Alaska. Honoring Alaska Territorial Guard members Johnny Picket, Sr. and Henry Jackson with a luncheon in Kotzebue, Alaska. The Secretary answered questions at a town hall meeting in Wasilla, Alaska. Secretary with Terry Bentley, Tribal Affairs Specialist for the Western Region.
VA Secretary giving remarks at the 2015 Annual National Indian Health Board Conference in Washington, DC.
2015 National Indian Health Board Conference
VA Secretary and Lincoln Bean, Chairman of the Alaska Native Health Board.
Seminole Nation Honor Guard
Seminole Nation WWII Spirit of '45 Event
Singing group DESIAH singing patriotic songs Joe Fish, WWI Veteran with Seminole Nation Miss, Seminole Nation Jr. Miss and Seminole Nation Little Miss Princesses Ret General Myles Deering, Cabinet Secretary, Oklahoma Military Department of Military Affairs Wreath laying at Seminole Nation Tribal Veteran Cemetery: Honor Guard Cmdr Rex Hailey, Seminole Veterans Dir Galen Greenwalt & Seminole Nation Chief Leonard Harjo Seminole Nation Honor Guard Singing Group DESIAH singing at Seminole Tribal Veterans Cemetery Singing group DESIAH, Seminole Nation Honor Guard, Veterans Director Galen Greenwalt & Seminole Nation Chief Leonard Harjo Wreath commemorating WWII Veterans
Jim Northrup and guest
2nd Annual Veterans Resource Conference at Lac Courte Oreilles
Pictured left to right, Stephanie Birdwell, Peter Vicaire, Nate Nez. World War II Veterans honored during Lac Courte Oreilles Veterans Benefit Fair dinner. World War II Veterans honored during Lac Courte Oreilles Veterans Benefit Fair dinner. Lac Courte Oreilles Veterans Benefits Fair attendees assemble for daily workshops. Veterans smiling for the cameras during Lac Courte Oreilles Veterans Benefits Fair, 2015. Lac Courte Oreilles Veterans Benefits Fair attendees assemble for daily workshops. Lac Courte Oreilles Veterans Benefits Fair attendees assemble for daily workshops. Jim Northrup, Anishinaabe Vietnam Veteran from the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation
Posting Colors at Grand Ronde Event
Veterans Summit: Gathering of Warriors, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Photos by Michelle Alaimo/Smoke Signals
Chairman Reyn Leno Opening Remarks at Grand Ronde Charlie Tailfeathers putting up TeePee Grand Entry at Grand Ronde Veterans Summit Jody Calick POW-MIA Ceremony at Grand Ronde Linda Woods Eagle Staff New Grand Ronde Arbor Terry Bentley at Healthcare Workshop
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WWFS Donates Ford Vehicle to Pine Ridge Lakota Sioux Tribe
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Honor Guard
Remembering America's Heroes: 20th Annual “Living History Days” with Seminole Nation Honor Guard
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Princesses
Seminole Nation Veterans' Day Event
“Thank You” Sign from Warm Springs Veterans Summit
Warm Springs Veterans 2015 Summit

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Jake Mann Vietnam Veteran Yakama Indian Nation
Tribal Relations Holds Training Summit for Western Region
Photo of Libby Watanabe
VA & Indian Health Service Officials Discuss Reimbursement Programs

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Camp Chapparal 2013
Camp Chapparal 2013
NIHB
VA Hosts Tribal Veterans Track at NIHB
Native Americans Honor Dance
13th Annual Native American Veterans Honor Dance
VA Southwest Region Veterans Benefits Summit
VA Southwest Region Veterans Benefits Summit
VA Western Region Veterans Benefits Summit
VA Western Region Veterans Benefits Summit
VA Eastern Region Training Summit
VA Eastern Region Training Summit
Navajo Nation and Arizona Officials Visit VA Clinic at Indian Chinle Hospital
Navajo Nation and Arizona Officials Visit VA Clinic at Indian Chinle Hospital
Posting of ColoVA presenting ODVA coin to Veteran Wink Soderbergrs
OTGR Western Region Training Meeting

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Photo of John Garcia
NIHB 2012
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Native American Women Warriors

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Secretary Shinseki in Alaska on a motorcycle with a soldier
Secretary Shinseki in Alaska
Secretary Shinseki with Native American Veteran Small Business Owners David Glass and Paul Glass of the White Earth Nation in Minnesota.
Secretary Shinseki with Native American Veteran Small Business Owners
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