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Bookmark or Share- National Park Service Director (U.S. National Park Service)Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III was ceremonially sworn in as the 19th director of the National Park Service on Dec. 16, 2021, by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. Sams is Cayuse and Walla Walla and is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Northeast Oregon, where he grew up.
- Charles Sams - WikipediaCharles F. Sams III is an American conservationist who is the 19th and current director of the National Park Service since 2021. A member of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Sams is the first Native American to serve in the position.
- First Indigenous American confirmed to lead National Park ServiceSALEM, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved the nomination of Charles “Chuck” Sams III as National Park Service director, which will make him the first Native American to lead...
- Charles Sams III becomes first Native American to head National Park ...The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Charles "Chuck" Sams III as the next director of the National Park Service on Thursday. He will be the first Native American to lead the agency in its...
- Charles F. Sams III Sworn In as National Park Service DirectorWASHINGTON — Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III was ceremonially sworn in as Director of the National Park Service (NPS) by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today. Chuck is the first Tribal citizen to lead the agency, which has been without a Senate confirmed leader for nearly five years.
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