Contact your congresspeople about finding graves at Indian residential schools

[beatrice_otter]

There is currently an act before the senate, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act, which would establish a commission to investigate past injustices of the federal government's cultural genocide and assimilation practices through its Indian Boarding School policy.

If you would like to contact your senators about it, the ELCA (a Christian denomination) has a widget that will email them for you. It is quick and easy to use, and easy to edit out the religious bits if you wish.

Comments

[redbird]

Here's a list of co-sponsors: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2907/cosponsors Having looked at that, my senators are getting a "thank you for cosponsoring this" email.

Here's what I just sent Senator Warren, which could be tweaked if your senators aren't listed as co-sponsors:

I'm writing on Indigenous People's Day to thank you for co-sponsoring S.2907, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act. As I read the news about the graves found at Canadian residential schools, I realized that similar atrocities probably occurred at the residential schools here in the United States. Finding out what happened will be only the first step, but a necessary one.

[beatrice_otter]

Thank you for this addition!

[sabotabby]

This is good.

[otter]

Edited and sent. Thank you for including the widget.

[beatrice_otter]

You're welcome!

[azurelunatic]

Edited and sent.

I could really wish that the relevant Congress-side API allowed for different honorifics (or none at all).