by Rachel Carey-Harper | Mar 12, 2021 | Acknowledgment
In 1993, a joint resolution of Congress apologizing to Native Hawaiians was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. …
Just like you, when we think of these misdeeds and their tragic consequences, our hearts break and our grief is as pure and complete as yours. We desperately wish that we could change this history, but of course we cannot. On behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, I extend this formal apology to Indian people for the historical conduct of this agency.”
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Mar 12, 2021 | Acknowledgment
A Sorry Saga: Obama Signs Native American Apology Resolution; Fails to Draw Attention to It by Rob Capriccioso | Jan 13, 2010 The full article is here… Excerpt from the article… I s an apology that’s not said out loud really an apology? What if the person...
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Mar 12, 2021 | Sovereignty
Indigenous peoples have suffered and continue to suffer from historic injustices as a result of dehumanization and racism and the colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right of self-determination in accordance with their own needs and interests, extending to their rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements entered into with the United States and its several States.
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Mar 12, 2021 | Sovereignty
How do you fix broken treaties that you know will never be honored by a government that had no intention of being responsible? How can one believe that “all men are created equal” written by a man who owned many slaves?
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Mar 12, 2021 | Columbus
Both Peter Pan and Pocahontas exploit Native American culture and deviate so far from reality that they undermined Native peoples and their unique cultures in the United States. Though very different in their inaccuracies…
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