Bill > S2907

This bill establishes the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States. The Commission will formally investigate and document the attempted termination of cultures and languages of Indigenous peoples, assimilation practices, and human rights violations that occurred against American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians through Indian Boarding School Policies. The Commission will also hold public hearings for survivors, victims, families, communities, and Tribal leaders to testify about the impacts of the physical, psychological, and spiritual violence of Indian boarding schools. The Commission will make recommendations to the federal government on acknowledging and healing the historical and intergenerational trauma caused by the Indian Boarding School Policies and other cultural and linguistic termination practices.