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A joint congressional Resolution of Apology to Native Peoples of the United States, signed last year by President Obama, was read and groups toured the cemetery grounds as tribal representatives recounted the lives of their forebears. <em>Produced by Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly production assistant and researcher Fabio Lomelino.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent event at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC celebrated Native American spirituality and apologized to native peoples of the US for past wrongs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2010\/05\/25\/apology-and-remembrance\/6328\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":17038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7879,7892,4599,7878,1853,989],"class_list":["post-6328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-congressional-cemetery","tag-faith-politics-institute","tag-forgiveness","tag-native-americans","tag-reconciliation","tag-spirituality","topics-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Apology and Remembrance | May 25, 2010 | Religion &amp; 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