NP Native Americans-related

[Doug Millison]

Indian Affairs head makes apology

WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
apologized Friday for the agency's "legacy of racism and inhumanity"
that included massacres, forced relocations of tribes and attempts to
wipe out Indian languages and cultures. "By accepting this legacy, we
accept also the moral responsibility of putting things right," Kevin
Gover, a Pawnee Indian, said in an emotional speech marking the
agency's 175th anniversary. Gover said he was apologizing on behalf
of the BIA, not the federal government as a whole. Still, he is the
highest-ranking U.S. official ever to make such a statement regarding
the treatment of American Indians. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2569580851-761

(Pynchon deals with this in M&D, GR, and elsewhere, if you need a 
Pynchon angle for this post.)