The Veterans Administration removed all 22 tribal flags from its Phoenix medical center, a move tribal leaders condemned as an affront to Native vets.

Hayden VA Medical Center in central Phoenix and given to the Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community for preservation ... The clinic is located on tribal lands, and the Cherokee Nation flag is ...

Greg Stanton and a top official with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian ... the flag of the Cherokee Nation is allowed to fly there. Flags of federally recognized tribal flags can still be ...

Velasquez's statement said the exclusion of tribal flags while other sovereigns are allowed to fly ... s new flag policy, like all sovereign-nation flags, those of federally recognized Indian ...