professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University.

is at a profound cost to Native Americans and that needs to be acknowledged also.which is why President Bidens historic apology on Indian boarding schools is so important.

000 people of Japanese ancestry were unconstitutionally incarcerated at the Gila River War Relocation Center.government are a critical step in addressing discrimination and promoting the healing of generational trauma.I know first-hand the power of the government acknowledging and striving to repair the legacy of devastating policy decisions.

To look to the future sometimes means acknowledging the sins of the past.Coming from a family of Japanese Americans who endured the incarceration camps of World War II.

WASHINGTON —The Japanese American Citizens League issued the following statement on Oct.

the United States government established and operated boarding schools to ‘civilize Indigenous children — what we now recognize as a euphemism for an attempt at the systematic and deliberate destruction of the culture and society of Indigenous communities in the United Statesled by Minister and Head of Chancery Masaru Sato.

Four representatives from the Embassy of Japan.Highlights of the event will be shared in JAVAs upcoming newsletter.

JAVA President Howard High said.military and the local Asian American community.