I am a volunteer for
Wellbriety for Prisons in Idaho, an organization founded through White Bison (
www.whitebison.org). Please take a moment and read this and watch the video by Don Coyhis. If you are moved, please sign the petition - it will be presented to Pres. Obama on June 24th.
Journey to Heal Historic Indian Boarding School Abuses, Including Request for U.S. Government Apology
The Wellbriety Journey for Forgiveness began on Saturday, May 16 at the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon and will conclude a continent away on June 24, 2009 in Washington, DC. The 40 day, 6800 mile transcontinental event will visit 24 historic Indian Boarding School sites to promote learning, emotional healing, and forgiveness of the harm done to American Indians during the almost 100 year boarding school era that began in North America in 1879. A petition will be presented in Washington to President Barack Obama on June 24, 2009 requesting an apology on behalf of the U.S. government for the abuses of Indian children during the American boarding school era.
From the Petition Site:
The White Buffalo Prophecy tells of a time when a white buffalo calf would be born, and that birth would signal a time of Great Healing for All Nations. That white buffalo calf - the first of many - was born in Janesville, Wisconsin in 1994. Her name was Miracle.
It is in the spirit of the White Bison Prophecy, that we call upon all peoples to join us in signing this petition supporting a US apology and healing for the widespread abuse of Native American children at the nearly 500 schools funded by the US government to assimilate Native American people.
There is a growing body of evidence that the trauma Native American children carried home with them from the schools is an underlying cause of the suicides and substance abuse-related deaths that are killing young Native people today in alarming numbers.
This petition will be hand delivered to Washington, D.C., following a 6,800-mile, cross-country journey by White Bison to 23 present and former Indian school sites (
http://www.wellbrietyjourney.org/). The vision is to promote awareness, dialogue and forgiveness for what happened at the schools so that we can collectively heal from this tragic chapter in United States history.
This petition calls upon the President of the United States to issue a formal apology for what the US government allowed to happen to Native American children at the schools and for the intergenerational trauma that is still negatively affecting Native individuals, families & communities to this day.
White Bison, Inc., is a non-profit organization that for the last 20 years has provided culturally-relevant assistance and resources to Native American communities in healing (
http://www.whitebison.org/)
Petition Site:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Apology-For-Indian-School-AbusesPlease help by circulating this information through your networks.
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November 2009 
Jayne
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