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Update: Apology to Native Peoples

January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

In a previous post, I wrote about A Bill to Watch – the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, which includes Sen. Brownback’s Resolution of Apology to Native Peoples. No, the bill has not yet reached the House, but there is new information.
First, the full text of Sen. Brownback’s amendment/Resolution is available online. It [...]

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Don’t miss this: Boarding Schools

May 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

NPR has produced two excellent audio articles about Native American Boarding Schools. These have just aired in Maine again – the good news is that both can be downloaded and/or printed (in transcript):

Part 1 – American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many Americans
Part 2 – Indian School a far Cry From the Past

The site contains [...]

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