Indianz.Com > News > Indian Health Service: ‘Historic and deeply appreciated’

Statement from IHS Director Roselyn Tso on President Biden’s Apology for Boarding School Abuses
Friday, October 25, 2024
Indianz.Com
The impact of boarding schools upon the health and well-being of Native American children and families cannot be overstated. The often-forced removal of generations of our children—and the unspeakable abuse endured by them—remains a significant source of the intergenerational trauma that manifests itself in so many of the health disparities that we endeavor to overcome today.
This apology is historic and deeply appreciated. It is a critical measure in finally recognizing the connection between the struggles reverberating throughout our communities today and the responsibilities of the federal government, then and now, to address and heal past wrongs.
The impact of boarding schools upon the health and well-being of Native American children and families cannot be overstated. 1/3 https://t.co/oD5lbxJ3hR pic.twitter.com/ExxhurNhKu
— IHS Director Roselyn Tso (@IHSDirector) October 25, 2024
This apology is historic & deeply appreciated. It is a critical measure in finally recognizing the connection between the struggles reverberating throughout our communities today & the responsibilities of the federal government, then and now, to address and heal past wrongs. 3/3
— IHS Director Roselyn Tso (@IHSDirector) October 25, 2024
Search
Filed Under
Tags
More Headlines
‘Very welcoming and enthusiastic’: Lumbee Tribe awaits word from Washington about federal status
Cronkite News: Trump gives new life to aging coal-fired power plants
Native America Calling: Tribes in the arid southwest face water management uncertainty
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (April 21, 2025)
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation makes progress for clean water
Native America Calling: Tribes resist fast-tracked Line 5 oil pipeline
Native America Calling: Celebrating Native poetry
Secretary Burgum observes ancestral Native footprints in New Mexico
Cronkite News: Native collective fosters creativity among youth
Arizona Mirror: Alert system in the works for missing endangered relatives
Native America Calling: Tribes challenge states on remaining roadblocks to gaming
New Mexico In Depth: ‘Turquoise Alert’ system established for missing relatives
Montana Free Press: Indigenous Peoples Day closer to reality in Montana
Cronkite News: Navajo Nation forced to accept transportation of uranium through reservation
Native America Calling: Is it the end of civil rights complaints in schools?
More Headlines
Cronkite News: Trump gives new life to aging coal-fired power plants
Native America Calling: Tribes in the arid southwest face water management uncertainty
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (April 21, 2025)
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation makes progress for clean water
Native America Calling: Tribes resist fast-tracked Line 5 oil pipeline
Native America Calling: Celebrating Native poetry
Secretary Burgum observes ancestral Native footprints in New Mexico
Cronkite News: Native collective fosters creativity among youth
Arizona Mirror: Alert system in the works for missing endangered relatives
Native America Calling: Tribes challenge states on remaining roadblocks to gaming
New Mexico In Depth: ‘Turquoise Alert’ system established for missing relatives
Montana Free Press: Indigenous Peoples Day closer to reality in Montana
Cronkite News: Navajo Nation forced to accept transportation of uranium through reservation
Native America Calling: Is it the end of civil rights complaints in schools?
More Headlines