It was pure chance.
A certain Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior and leader of the USA Bureau of Indian Affairs had written out an apology to ALL Indians. I picked this up somehow.
However, he was already packing his bags as the new administration of George W. Bush was coming in, and they would be removing all public reference to this astonishing (and historic) gesture.
With no time to lose -- I was about to return to Alaska, to try to pull off the last action of the Second Millennium, no less!!
I sent a fax to Washington D.C. { I had scant hope, I never seemed to get back even an acknowledgement in 98% of cases.}
Well, I did. And one of the very last orders coming from President Clinton's government was that the BIA would join me on Point Barrow, Alaska. There, during the last actions of the Second Millennium, they would read, and in public for the only time, America's historic and indeed brave Apology to the First Nations. Thank you, America.
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