{"id":6107,"date":"2022-02-17T12:23:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/irwin\/?p=6107"},"modified":"2022-02-17T12:23:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:23:21","slug":"irwin-joins-schmidt-to-introduce-legislation-to-raise-awareness-of-native-american-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/irwin\/2022\/02\/17\/irwin-joins-schmidt-to-introduce-legislation-to-raise-awareness-of-native-american-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Irwin joins Schmidt to introduce legislation to raise awareness of Native American history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/irwin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/02\/IrwinNAAwareness-20220216_190456_37-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6108\" \/><figcaption><strong>Photo caption<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.senatorwayneschmidt.com\/\">Sens. Wayne Schmidt<\/a> (R-Traverse City) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/irwin\/\">Jeff Irwin<\/a> (D-Ann Arbor) on Wednesday welcomed survivors of the Harbor Springs Holy Childhood Indian boarding school and their families to the Michigan Senate as the lawmakers introduced legislation to include lessons on Indian boarding schools in the state\u2019s recommended curriculum standards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LANSING, Mich. (Feb. 16, 2022) \u2014&nbsp;State Sen. <strong>Jeff Irwin<\/strong> (D-Ann Arbor) joined State&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.senatorwayneschmidt.com\/\">Sen. <strong>Wayne Schmidt<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(R-Traverse City) to introduce Sen. Schmidt\u2019s legislation that seeks to raise awareness about the history of Indian boarding schools in Michigan and encourages the State Board of Education to include the material in statewide curriculum standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a survivor of the Holy Childhood Indian boarding school, and as \u2018Anishinaabe Mukwa Dodem,\u2019 on behalf of my family and community, I would like to emphasize the importance of this legislation to all the survivors,\u201d said Benedict Hinmon, whose spirit name is \u201cKushmuncie\u201d (Kingfisher) and who is an elder within the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians living in Petoskey. \u201cThe devastating effects of boarding schools cannot be erased or forgotten. Those of us who survived continue to rebuild our lives each and every day. Every child matters!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill was introduced during \u201cMukwa Giizis,\u201d the Bear Moon month. Bears represent medicine and healing in the Native American culture, and tribal stakeholders identified this as an appropriate month to move forward on this important issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am the last generation of my family to attend an Indian boarding school, which was located in Harbor Springs,\u201d said Meridith Kennedy of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, living in Alanson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTen years ago, I recovered the remains of my ancestors from the grounds of the same school my father and I went to \u2014 and more of my ancestors were found in 2020. For the families of Indian boarding school survivors, this is part of our modern history and shapes who we are. This legislation offers the opportunity for healing and making our great nations stronger by acknowledging the past and moving forward in a good way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/doc.aspx?2022-SB-0876\">Senate Bill 876<\/a>&nbsp;would encourage the State Board of Education to include the history regarding Indian boarding schools in the state\u2019s recommended curriculum standards for eighth through 12th-grade students. Many schools in Michigan teach according to these standards. While these standards contain aspects of Native American history, proponents of the legislation say they are not strong enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is important to recognize the fact that Indian boarding schools did exist in our state \u2014 even as recent as the mid-1980s,\u201d said Schmidt, R-Traverse City. \u201cWorking with tribal leaders, educators, and Indian boarding school survivors and their families, we introduced this legislation so we do not forget, nor repeat, this dark part of our state and nation\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Jeff Irwin, who is a member of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, and the lead co-sponsor of the legislation, agreed and added that the treatment of Native American families and children should not be overlooked in the state\u2019s history books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMichigan\u2019s Indian boarding schools were created to destroy tribal culture and erase Native languages,\u201d said Irwin, D-Ann Arbor. \u201cMichigan\u2019s dark history of violence against tribal communities should be taught in our schools, especially the story of Indian boarding schools. These schools forcibly removed children and trained them to reject and participate in the destruction of their own communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SB 876 has been referred to the Senate Committee on Education and Career Readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING, Mich. (Feb. 16, 2022) \u2014&nbsp;State Sen. 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