Muscogee chief calls apology too little, too late
Monday, March 10, 2008
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The chief of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma says a measure to apologize to Native people for their mistreatment by the United States won't have much of an effect in Indian Country.
"Our parents should have received the apology, my mother, our ancestors," Chief A.D. Ellis told The Tulsa World. "I don't need it."
The apology is part of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act that passed the Senate on February 26.
Rep. Dan Boren (D-Oklahoma) hopes to do the same for the House's version of the bill.
"Words and deeds go together. If there's words but no deeds . . . now what will be done with it remains to be seen," Osage Nation Chief Jim Gray said.
Get the Story:
Tribes react to an apology bill
(The Tulsa World 3/8)
Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments:
S.1200
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H.R.1328
Apology Resolution:
S.J.Res.4
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H.J.Res.3
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