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Washington State Truth and Healing Tribal Advisory Committee | Washington State
For generations, the United States and the State of Washington pursued policies seeking total assimilation of Native American and Alaska Native people into the dominant white culture, attempting to eradicate tribal cultures, languages, and governments. The U.S. and state governments used different policies and practices to further this goal, many of which ended relatively recently. Persistent disparities for Indigenous people reflect the anti-Indigenous origins built into many systems.
