rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/indian-boarding-school-policies-act?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-indian-boarding-school-policies-act' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund https://actionnetwork.org/groups/native-organizers-alliance https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/default_facebook_images/000/022/886/original/NOA_ActionFundBanner2.png?1668645803 For over a century, the federal government's Indian Boarding School policies aimed to destroy Native communities, languages, and cultures, leaving a lasting impact on generations that continues today. NPR reports on a recently released study that attempted to compile an accurate record of the harm caused by the genocidal boarding school system. The study found, after hearing from survivors and their families and conducting a thorough investigation of government records, that at least 973 Native children died at 417 schools across 37 states or territories. The report showed the federal government spent the equivalent of $23 billion in today’s dollars on the boarding school system and calls for reparative steps from the federal government such as establishing a national memorial and returning the land. Imagine if that money had been invested in our communities instead of spent on tearing our families apart. Now, Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA-D) and Native Representatives Sharice Davids (KS-D) and Tom Cole (OK-R) have introduced the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act. This landmark legislation establishes a federal commission that would: Conduct a comprehensive investigation Hold safe, public or private convenings Make recommendations to Congress Locate Native American children Make a final report publicly available Passage of this bill would be a step forward in healing Tribal Nations. Click ‘START WRITING’ to sign and send a message to your members of Congress urging passage of the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act now. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/indian-boarding-school-policies-act