Indigenous Issues:  Past and Present

Historical policies, ongoing harms, and issues affecting Native families today.

Many of the issues facing Native families today are rooted in documented government actions, broken treaties, forced assimilation, land loss, and policies that continue to affect families across generations.

Sacred Belongings & Repatriation

Medals & Recognition

MMIW / MMIP

Protection, return, and stewardship of cultural items

Honors, removals, corrections, and historical recognition

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People

Honors, removals, corrections, and historical recognition

Land, Allotment & Sovereignty

Boarding Schools & Assimilation

Agreements, violations, legislation, and policies shaping Native life across generations.

Land loss, allotment, ownership fragmentation, jurisdiction, and ongoing sovereignty issues.

Education policy, cultural suppression, family separation, and intergenerational impacts.