Gov. Gavin Newsom will formally apologize to California Native Americans through an executive order Tuesday for the state’s “dark history” of violence against indigenous people.
“California Native American peoples suffered violence, discrimination and exploitation sanctioned by state government throughout its history,” Newsom said in a written statement. “We can never undo the wrongs inflicted on the peoples who have lived on this land that we now call California since time immemorial, but we can work together to build bridges, tell the truth about our past and begin to heal deep wounds.”
Newsom’s executive order represents a formal apology to Native people for the government’s slaughter of their ancestors, family separations and forced servitude, according to his office.
Newsom also plans to announce a new commission called the Truth and Healing Council that his office says will allow Native Americans to clarify the historical record of the state’s violence against them.
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