Below you will find the Kevin Gover Video of the BIA apology to American Indians:

Some of the many places online that you can read the speech are available here:

BIA Commemorates 175 Years, Sept. 8, 2000

The Associated Press Sep 8 2000 3:30 PM ET

The apology and then some ridicule following on September 12th.

As part of the History Cooperative website a commentary regarding this speech can be found in the following paper entitled Doctrines of Discoveryby Eric Cheyfitz.

For further commentary about the above speech, I would encourage you to read the article,

"Never Again": Kevin Gover's Apology for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. It is written by Christopher Buck. If you have membership to Wicazo Sa Review, it can be found in the Spring 2006, Vol. 21 Issue 1, P97-126 or you can find the same article in the EBSCO system through your school or library system.

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