A professor who is the director of Kansas University's Center for Indigenous Nations Studies said a resolution to apologize to Native peoples for their treatment by the United States is "empty."

Michael Yellow Bird, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, told The Lawrence Journal-World that the resolution is "very controlled." He said Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas), the sponsor of the measure, could do more for Indian Country by providing adequate resources for tribal programs.

"The United States gives Israel $10 million a day," Yellow Bird told the paper. "It gives Haskell $10 million a year."

Brownback introduced the resolution on Tuesday after it failed to pass last year.

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Brownback seeks apology to American Indians (The Lawrence Journal-World 4/21)

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