WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford’s Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes (RESPECT) Act today passed the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. The bill would repeal several outdated, offensive federal laws against Native Americans, including unenforced laws currently in place subjecting Native Americans to forced labor.
Specific to Oklahoma, the bill would repeal a 100-year-old law that allowed for the forced removal of Native American children from their homes to attend boarding schools without the consent of the child’s parents. Continue reading
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