CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION _________________
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A RESOLUTION relating to the acknowledgment of the various harms and ongoing historical and inter-generational traumas impacting American Indian, First Nations, and Alaskan Natives for the forcible removal of Indian children and subsequent abuse and neglect resulting from the United States' American Indian Boarding School Policy during the 19th & 20th Centuries; supporting American Indian and Alaskan Native communities' efforts in calling on the United States Congress to commission a study and report on the United States' responsibility and role in adopting and implementing an American Indian Boarding School Policy; and committing to work with the local American Indian and Alaskan Natives in efforts of reconciliation in addressing the impacts of historical trauma, language and cultural loss, and alleged genocide.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle recognizes that Seattle is built upon the homelands and villages of the Indigenous Peoples of the region; and
WHEREAS, In Resolution 31420 the City of Seattle was declared to be a Human Rights City on December 10, 2012 committing itself to protect, respect, and fulfill the full range of inherent human rights for all as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and numerous other international human rights treaties; and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2014 the City of Seattle passed Resolution 31538, the Indigenous Peoples' Day resolution, to celebrate the thriving cultures and values of Indigenous Peoples, and promote the well-being of Seattle's Native American, Alaskan Native, and other American Indigenous Peoples; and
WHEREAS, in 2013 the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, representing 59 tribes from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Northern California, Western Montana, and Alaska, passed Resolution 13-32 to "support the enactment of a bill by the United States Congress to create a Commission on American Indian Boarding School Policy"; and
WHEREAS, the ...
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