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 Proc. 7373 Title 3--The President have enabled Native Americans to overcome extraordinary barriers and protect their hard-won civil and political rights. Since then, by working to- gether, we have established a new standard for Federal Indian policy--one that promotes an effective government-to-government relationship between the Federal Government and the tribes, and that seeks to ensure greater prosperity, self-reliance, and hope for all Native Americans. While we can- not erase the tragedies of the past, we can create a future where all of our country's people share in America's great promise. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitu- tion and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2000 as National American Indian Heritage Month. I urge all Americans, as well as their elected representatives at the Federal, State, local, and tribal levels, to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activi- ties. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. WILLIAM J. CLINTON Proclamation 7373 of November 9, 2000 Boundary Enlargement of the Craters of the Moon National Monument By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The Craters of the Moon National Monument was established on May 2, 1924 (Presidential Proclamation 1694), for the purpose of protecting the un- usual landscape of the Craters of the Moon lava field. This "lunar" land- scape was thought to resemble that of the Moon and was described in the Proclamation as "weird and scenic landscape peculiar to itself." The un- usual scientific value of the expanded monument is the great diversity of exquisitely preserved volcanic features within a relatively small area. The expanded monument includes almost all the features of basaltic volcanism, including the craters, cones, lava flows, caves, and fissures of the 65-mile- long Great Rift, a geological feature that is comparable to the great rift zones of Iceland and Hawaii. It comprises the most diverse and geologically recent part of the lava terrain that covers the southern Snake River Plain, a broad lava plain made up of innumerable basalt lava flows that erupted during the past 5 million years. Since 1924, the monument has been expanded and boundary adjustments made through four presidential proclamations issued pursuant to the Antiq- uities Act (34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431). Presidential Proclamation 1843 of July 23, 1928, expanded the monument to include certain springs for water supply and additional features of scientific interest. Presidential Proclama- tion 1916 of July 9, 1930, Presidential Proclamation 2499 of July 18, 1941, and Presidential Proclamation 3506 of November 19, 1962, made further 194

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