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Laverne Beech is a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and serves on the White Bison Board of Directors. She is a former executive director for the Native American Journalists Association and former editor for the award-winning weekly newspaper, The Sho-Ban News. She is also a licensed massage therapist, with an interest in both personal and community healing.
SHARE Thursday, June 12, 2008 American Indians Aren't Waiting for Apology from US Government for Abuse at Schools
In the wake of Canada's and Australia's recent apologies to first peoples for widespread boarding school abuses, American Indians say it's time their communities heal from similar abuses at the early government-supported schools – with or without a formal apology from the US government.
Planning is underway for a national education campaign to raise awareness of what happened at the schools, it was announced June 9.