WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed a local man as head of the National Park Service: Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III will be the first Native American to hold the position.
Senators unanimously approved Sams’ nomination to direct the park service. He was nominated earlier this year by President Biden.
Sams is Cayuse and Walla Walla. He is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, where he once held top-level leadership positions.
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