by Mordecia Specktor, The Circle, USA - American Indian proponents of the apology bill point out that the deep anger still felt by American Indians over their historical mistreatment at the hands of government officials – forced removals, massacres, broken treaties, suppression of traditional religious ceremonies, economic exploitation of Indians lands, abuses in boarding schools, etc. – is manifested in the high rates of alcoholism and other social pathologies affecting Indian families today.