The Lakota People’s project wants the United States to follow in Canada’s footsteps by establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commision. It’s time the United States acknowledges it’s dark role in destroying Native American communities through compulsory residential school attendance. The traumatic effects from residential school are still felt within Native communities today. Many Native Americans continue to live in poverty, suffer from substance abuse, and youth are three times more likely to commit suicide than any other group.
Source: Native News Online Staff. “Report: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Required to Confront Past, Move Forward.” December 21, 2015. Native News Online. http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/report-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-required-to-confront-past-move-forward/
