Alaska 2023-2024 Regular Session

Alaska House Bill HJR17 Compare Versions

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1		-	-1- Enrolled HJR 17
2		-	S T A T E O F A L A S K A
3		-	THE LEGISLATURE
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5		-	2024
	2	+	HJR017a -1- HJR 17
	3	+	New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]
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7		-	Legislative
8		-	Source Resolve No.
9		-	HJR 17 30
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	11	+	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 17
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	13	+	IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
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	15	+	THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
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	17	+	BY REPRESENTATIVES MCCORMICK, Himschoot, Fields
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	19	+	Introduced: 1/18/24
	20	+	Referred: House Special Committee on Tribal Affairs
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	23	+	A RESOLUTION
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	25	+	Urging the United States Congress to pass the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian 1
	26	+	Boarding School Policies Act. 2
	27	+	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
	28	+	WHEREAS a 2022 report from the Department of the Interior investigating Indian 4
	29	+	boarding schools found that the United States implemented policies establishing and 5
	30	+	supporting Indian boarding schools across the nation from 1819 to 1969; and 6
	31	+	WHEREAS there were over 100 Indian boarding schools in the state, which the 7
	32	+	Department of the Interior has yet to identify because of a lack of accessibility to primary 8
	33	+	source information; and 9
	34	+	WHEREAS the purpose of federal Indian boarding schools was to culturally 10
	35	+	assimilate American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children by forcibly 11
	36	+	removing the children from their families and American Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, 12
	37	+	and Native Hawaiian communities; and 13
	38	+	WHEREAS American Indian child removal coincided with American Indian 14
	39	+	territorial dispossession; and 15
	40	+	WHEREAS the conditions experienced by attendees included manual labor and 16 33-LS1019\U
	41	+	HJR 17 -2- HJR017a
	42	+	New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]
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20		-	Urging the United States Congress to pass the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian
21		-	Boarding School Policies Act.
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23		-	_______________
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25		-	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
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27		-	WHEREAS a 2022 report from the United States Department of the Interior
28		-	investigating Indian boarding schools found that the United States implemented policies
29		-	establishing and supporting Indian boarding schools across the nation from 1819 to 1969; and
30		-	WHEREAS there were over 100 Indian boarding schools in the state, which the
31		-	United States Department of the Interior has yet to identify because of a lack of accessibility
32		-	to primary source information; and
33		-	WHEREAS the purpose of federal Indian boarding schools was to culturally
34		-	assimilate American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children by forcibly
35		-	removing the children from their families and American Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages,
36		-	and Native Hawaiian communities; and
37		-	WHEREAS American Indian child removal coincided with American Indian
38		-	territorial dispossession; and
39		-	WHEREAS the conditions experienced by attendees included manual labor and
40		-	Enrolled HJR 17 -2-
41		-	discouraging or preventing American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian languages,
42		-	religions, and cultural beliefs; and
43		-	WHEREAS many children who attended federal Indian boarding schools endured
44		-	physical and emotional abuse and, in some cases, died; and
45		-	WHEREAS the United States Department of the Interior has identified approximately
46		-	53 different schools across the school system with marked or unmarked burial sites; and
47		-	WHEREAS the federal Indian boarding school policies of past eras focused on
48		-	assimilation and other harmful practices, and those policies caused harm for many; and
49		-	WHEREAS the United States Department of the Interior has laid the groundwork to
50		-	address the intergenerational trauma created by policies supporting the federal Indian
51		-	boarding school system and recognizes that the existence of these schools has implications
52		-	reaching beyond intergenerational trauma; and
53		-	WHEREAS the Alaska Federation of Natives passed Resolution 23-14, which
54		-	supports the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act; and
55		-	WHEREAS Resolution 23-14 also affirms the Alaska Native Heritage Center Lach'qu
56		-	Sukdu Research Program as the central entity in the state researching and distributing
57		-	information concerning Indian boarding schools in the state; and
58		-	WHEREAS the United States Congress reintroduced the Truth and Healing
59		-	Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act as S. 1723, which seeks healing for
60		-	stolen Native children and their communities;
61		-	BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature stands in full support of the
62		-	passage of S. 1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies
63		-	Act, by committee, the Senate, and the House of Representatives and of the signing of the Act
64		-	by the President of the United States.
65		-	COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, President
66		-	of the United States; the Honorable Kamala D. Harris, Vice President of the United States and
	44	+	discouraging or preventing American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian languages, 1
	45	+	religions, and cultural beliefs; and 2
	46	+	WHEREAS many children who attended federal Indian boarding schools endured 3
	47	+	physical and emotional abuse and, in some cases, died; and 4
	48	+	WHEREAS the Department of the Interior has identified approximately 53 different 5
	49	+	schools across the school system with marked or unmarked burial sites; and 6
	50	+	WHEREAS the federal Indian boarding school policies of past eras focused on 7
	51	+	assimilation and other harmful practices, and those policies caused harm for many; and 8
	52	+	WHEREAS the Department of the Interior has laid the groundwork to address the 9
	53	+	intergenerational trauma created by policies supporting the federal Indian boarding school 10
	54	+	system and recognizes that the existence of these schools has implications reaching beyond 11
	55	+	intergenerational trauma; and 12
	56	+	WHEREAS the Alaska Federation of Natives passed Resolution 23-14, which 13
	57	+	supports the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act; and 14
	58	+	WHEREAS Resolution 23-14 also affirms the Alaska Native Heritage Center Lach'qu 15
	59	+	Sukdu Research Program as the central entity in the state researching and distributing 16
	60	+	information concerning Indian boarding schools in the state; and 17
	61	+	WHEREAS the United States Congress reintroduced the Truth and Healing 18
	62	+	Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act as S. 1723, which seeks healing for 19
	63	+	stolen Native children and their communities; 20
	64	+	BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature stands in full support of the 21
	65	+	passage of S. 1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies 22
	66	+	Act, by committee, the Senate, and the House of Representatives and of the signing of the Act 23
	67	+	by the President of the United States. 24
	68	+	COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Joseph R. Biden, President 25
	69	+	of the United States; the Honorable Kamala D. Harris, Vice President of the United States and 26
67	70		President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Deb Haaland, United States Secretary of the
68		-	Interior; the Honorable Bryan Newland, United States Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs,
69		-	U.S. Department of the Interior; and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable Dan
70		-	Sullivan, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Mary Peltola, U.S. Representative, members of
71		-	the Alaska delegation in Congress.
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	72	+	Interior; the Honorable Bryan Newland, United States Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, 28
	73	+	U.S. Department of the Interior; and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable Dan 29
	74	+	Sullivan, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Mary Peltola, U.S. Representative, members of 30
	75	+	the Alaska delegation in Congress. 31