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HRES 794119th CongressIntroduced
Recognizing the week of September 30th as "National Orange Shirt Week" or "National Week of Remembrance", which aims to honor those who were forced to attend Indian boarding schools, and to recognize the experience of Indian boarding school victims and survivors.
Introduced: Oct 9, 2025
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Standard Summary
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This resolution recognizes National Orange Shirt Week or National Week of Remembrance to honor Indigenous children forced into U.S. Indian boarding schools, acknowledging the systemic cultural erasure, abuse, and intergenerational trauma caused by federal assimilation policies from 1819 through the 1960s.
Key Points
- 1Indian boarding schools forcibly removed Indigenous children to assimilate them into non-Native culture through abuse and cultural suppression.
- 2Federal policies funded church-run schools that caused lasting health disparities and psychological trauma in Native communities.
- 3The resolution highlights the need for public awareness and a federal commission to address historical injustices and their ongoing impacts.
Impact Areas
American Indian communitiesAlaska Native familiesNative Hawaiian studentsIntergenerational trauma survivors
Generated by legislative-analysis-v3 on Oct 10, 2025