Opinion

On the 5th of November of this year, I awakened to another email from an organization of which I have been a member for almost its entire existence, the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS). In its usual diplomatic and academic tone, the message requests essentially that all members contact their respective congressional “leaders” and motivate these people to bring the “Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act” (S.1723/H.R. 7227) to the forefront for a congressional vote before the current administration ends.

Dr. Clark is Kinyaa’áanii and born for Bįįh Bitoodnii. His maternal grandfather is Tł’ízíłání, and his paternal grandfather is Deeshchii’nii.

Founded in 1987, the Nal-Nishii Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO represents working families in the Navajo Nation region, including miners, power plant workers, and construction workers