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President Biden offers a heartfelt apology to Native American tribes for the abuse suffered at Indian boarding schools. Learn more about this historic moment.

The American Indian Community Center (AICC) will soon be moving to a permanent location after years of renting spaces to operate out of around Spokane.

“Are you willing to kind of jump off a cliff and say yes to God?” Norman asked his wife, Diane, as they sat in their driveway with their three children. Everyone prayed and said they obeyed the call to the mission field. Norman’s friend served in Native American ministry and encouraged the Norman’s to live on a reservation during the summer of 1984, followed by a months-long, cross-cultural training with North America Indigenous Ministries.

It has happened again: A well-meaning journalist has written a story about Native America and yet they did not interview a single member of the tribe.

Images of Pilgrims in conical hats eating turkey with Native Americans wearing feathers encapsulates the myth of the first Thanksgiving. Few images can be farther from the truth. Today’s Thanksgiving is an image based on a lie; a falsehood made to soften history.

Some feel the apology is inadequate and should not be accepted by Native Americans.

Learn about the Doctrine of Discovery and how it justified colonialism and exploitation of indigenous peoples, and what we can do today to dismantle it.