TRC reports and comments pour in on ICWA regulation

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Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report

Posted by Kate Fort at Turtle Talk

Recently released, here is the executive summary on residential schools, the survivors’ stories, and the call to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. There has also been extensive news coverage in Canada surrounding the release of the report.

Executive Summary (pdf, 388 pages)

The Survivors Speak (pdf, 260 pages)

Calls to Action (pdf, 20 pages)

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Additional Comments on Proposed ICWA Regulations

Posted by Kate Fort

More than 1,000 additional comments were posted this week to regulations.gov on the proposed ICWA regulations, bringing the total number of comments to 1,869. We have updated the tribal nations comments page here, and the organizations page here.

Here are a few additional individual comments we noted as we scrolled through them:
361_-_Erdrich,_Karen_Louise
942_-_Jones,_Laura
919_-_Spotted_Elk,_Sheldon
2097_-_Blanchard,_Evelyn
1524_-_White_Hawk,_Sandy
298_Hirsch_Bertram
1525_-_Houska,_Tara
886_-_Lidot,_Tom
1280_-_Drobnick,_Heidi_A
Sweet_Victoria