This video addresses how restorative justice is being implemented within Native communities within Minnesota, and how non-Natives are obligated to confront the state’s painful history with local tribes across the state. Examples of this include renouncing the “Doctrine of Discovery” and Manifest Destiny-colonial ideals that believed Europeans have a claim to the United States. It is time to move beyond only obtaining knowledge and doing something meaningful, such the state of Minnesota issuing an apology to the Native American tribes of Minnesota.
Source: Decolonizevision, and Students in the American Indians in Minnesota class, University of Minnesota, Amin 1003, Spring 2012. “An overdue apology, part 5 of 5.” YouTube Video, 13:32. Posted [May 2, 2012]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=WLZ4qdRtJsc&list=PL5D6682D1E9F45327&index=5
