Truth and Reconciliation: Restorative Justice, Accountability, and Cultural Violence
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Date
2023-05-05
Authors
Miller, Kimbirlee E. Sommer
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Publisher
University of Oregon School of Law
Abstract
Hundreds of thousands of Indigenous North American children were forcibly removed from their homes and held in large residential boarding schools to force tribal assimilation into White culture. Laws like the Indian Civilization Act Fund of 1819 in the United States compelled attendance for Native children, some as young as four years old, at year-round institutions far away from their homes and families. The children were systematically stripped of their culture and identities, forbidden to celebrate their own heritage, and prohibited from speaking their own Native languages. At many of these institutions, children were subjected to horrific abuse.
This Comment will focus on atrocities committed at residential schools for Native American children in Canada and the United States, the efficacy of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) in addressing these atrocities, and whether this model would be effective in the United States.
Description
28 pages
Keywords
Indigenous Children, Residential Schools, Culture, Genocide, Forced Assimilation, Reparations
Citation
24 Or. Rev. Int'l L. 195