; Whereas American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women have contributed to the economic development of Native Nations and the United States as a whole, including Elouise Cobell of the Blackfeet Tribe, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, who— (1) served as the treasurer of her Tribe; (2) founded the first Tribally owned national bank; and (3) led the fight against Federal mismanagement of funds held in trust for more than 500,000 Native Americans; Whereas American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women own an estimated 154,900 businesses; Whereas these Native women-owned businesses employ more than 50,000 workers and generate over $10,000,000,000 in revenues as of 2016; Whereas American Indian and Alaska Native women have opened an average of more than 17 new businesses each day since 2007; Whereas American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women have made significant contributions to the field of medicine, including Susan La Flesche Picotte of the Omaha Tribe, who is widely acknowledged as the first Native American to earn a medical degree; Whereas American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women have contributed to important scientific advancements, including— (1) Floy Agnes Lee of Santa Clara Pueblo, who— (A) worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II; and (B) pioneered research on radiation biology and cancer; and (2) Native Hawaiian Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona Abbott, who— (A) was the first woman on the biological sciences faculty at Stanford University; and (B) was awarded the highest award in marine botany from the National Academy of Sciences, the Gilbert Morgan Smith medal, in 1997; Whereas American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women have achieved distinctive honors in the art of dance, including Maria Tall Chief of the Osage Nation the first major prima ballerina of the United States and was a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center