suntlacrimae

The United States government has finally formally apologized to Native Americans. You know, for all that "historic mistreatment." I would have preferred they read out a whole list of specific things they were apologizing for ("Sorry about the genocide, the smallpox, the boarding schools, broken treaty A, broken treaty B, broken treaty C . . . broken treaty ZZZ, and not recognizing tribal autonomy. Oh, and sorry that we still seem to have problems with some of these issues.") I'd also have liked to see some restitutions--give some land back, take steps to improve the BIA, etc. (could make a long list).

But hey, it's a step. Words on paper. While I applaud the government for taking this long overdue step, I hope people will pardon me if I'm not excited about more words on paper from the U.S. powers that be. For some reason, (*coughtreatiescough*), I'm not inclined to believe that words on paper from the gov't are all that sincere. And sincerity is an issue for me, as I hope it is for others. Want us to believe that this is more than a P.C. sop? Prove it. Show us.