Care Experienced Writer, Brandi Moran, published this important article in Rolling Stone on April 23 this year.

In the article, she writes about the US government’s institution of a “program of state-sponsored abductions and forced assimilation of Native American children” from 1819 until 1969.

Hundreds of thousands of Native American children - some as young as 3 - were stolen from the families. Some were taken thousands of kilometres from their homes and many never made it back.

A Congressional Truth Commission bill was introduced in Congress in September 2021 and the hope is it will be passed soon. The purpose of the Commission will be to “thoroughly investigate the losses that occurred through this violent genocide.”