Welcome and Opening Remarks
Tim Johnson (Mohawk)
Associate Director for Museum Programs
National Museum of the American Indian
Introduction and Framing Statement
Kevin Gover (Pawnee/Comanche), Director
National Museum of the American Indian
Advancing Reconciliation Following
the Statement of Apology to Former
Students of Indian Residential Schools
Caroline Davis, Assistant Deputy Minister
Resolution and Individual
Affairs Sector
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Government of Canada
The Apology Breakthrough: Now What?
Phil Fontaine (Sagkeeng First Nation), National Chief
Assembly of First Nations, Canada
The Native American Apology Resolution
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne)
former United States Senator from Colorado
currently senior policy advisor, Holland & Knight LLP
From BartolomÉ de las Casas to President Clinton: Apologies, Reconciliation, and Reparation in Guatemala
Victor Montejo (Jakaltek Maya), University of California, Davis; formerly Minister of Peace in the Guatemalan Republic and member of the Guatemalan National Congress
At The Wood's Edge:
Reconciling with Native America
Gabrielle Tayac (Piscataway), historian
National Museum of the American Indian
Moderated Panel Discussion with Presenters
Kevin Gover, moderator
Closing Comments and Remarks
Kevin Gover
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