Indianz.Com Listening Lounge: Note: These are all MP3 files. Introduction - 2:10 - 889k Opening Statement by Sen. John McCain Sen. Sam Brownback - 9:17 - 3.71MB Testimony by sponsor of resolution Panel I - 33:30 - 13.4MB Testimony by Tex Hall, Ed Thomas and Negiel Bigpond, Sr. Complete Hearing - 44:57 - 18.0MB Senate Video Link: Real Video: Complete Hearing

"The nation's crimes against Native Americans were numerous, and a resolution from Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., outlines many of them. It calls on the United States to acknowledge 'the broken treaties and many of the more ill-conceived federal policies that followed, such as extermination, termination, forced removal and relocation, the outlawing of traditional religions and destruction of sacred places.'

The bill seeks forgiveness for massacres, including the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado, where up to 200 Native Americans perished, and the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota, which killed roughly 350 Native Americans.

But being sorry isn't enough. If the government cares about the citizens that predated this country's creation, it must address the conditions in which too many of them now live."

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AMERICAN INDIANS: Apology, and much needed assistance, in order (The Detroit Free Press 6/6)

Relevant Documents:
Witness List / Written Testimony | Sen. Sam Brownback Statement on Senate Floor | Text of S.J.Res.15 [As introduced] | H.J.Res.3

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