Truth and Repair Policy
Restoring What Was Taken
the united states cannot move forward honestly
until it tells the truth about what built this country.
Two original injustices shaped the foundation of the United States:
Indigenous nations were removed from their land.
Black Americans were forced to build wealth they were never allowed to keep.
Those harms were never fully repaired.
Instead, they were written into law,
wealth, & political power for generations.
& now, they are being written & proposed again.
That is why we support a national policy of
Truth and Repair:
a justice framework that recognises both:
Land Back for Indigenous Nations
&
Federal Reparations for
Black Americans descended from slavery
These are not separate conversations.
They are part of the same
unfinished “American” promise.
we need to Listen to the People Who Have Carried the Truth.
Too often, policy is written about communities, instead of with them.
A real justice agenda must begin by
listening to the voices of those who have
lived the consequences of this nation’s history.
Land Back for Indigenous Nations
Indigenous leaders have made clear that Land Back is not simply about property.
It is about:
sovereignty
cultural survival
treaty rights
environmental stewardship
self determination
Land Back is:
restoration of public lands, sacred sites,
& decision making authority to
Tribal Nations that never willingly surrendered them.
Land Back is not eviction.
It is restoration.
It is not charity.
It is justice.
our plan supports:
Returning unused & all federal land designated as protected or a Park to Tribal Nations
Protecting indigenous lands & sacred sites from development
Expanding tribal stewardship of forests, water, & natural resources
Giving tribes first priority on federal land transfers
federal recognition of the genocide of the indigenous of these lands committed by the united states of america
Enforcing treaty obligations in federal law
Creating a permanent Indigenous Land Restoration Fund
creating permanent indigenous representative seats in every level of government
Why it matters
Indigenous communities protected this land long before the federal government existed.
Their leadership should help guide this countries future.
Reparations for Black Americans
reparations are not about guilt.
They are about accountability.
The harm did not end with slavery.
It continued through:
Jim Crow
redlining
discriminatory lending
stolen land
mass incarceration
unequal schools
unequal healthcare
& more.
The above policies created a racial wealth gap that still exists today.
millions of black americans lost their
lives in the events before AND after the civil war.
Reparations are not handouts.
They are repair.
They are not pity.
They are accountability.
our plan supports:
Establishing a federal Reparations Commission
Direct compensation for descendants of enslaved people
Homeownership assistance
Student debt erasure
Free public school, college, university, & trade education
Maternal healthcare investment
Community reinvestment in historically harmed neighborhoods
Protection of Black owned farmland & businesses
return lands to direct descendants of african & black americans
who were forcibly removed by white supremacists
Why it matters
A nation cannot claim freedom while refusing to address who paid the price for its prosperity.
Why These Policies Belong Together
the “wealth" the united states has accumulated was built through:
stolen Indigenous land
stolen Black labor
One made the country possible.
The other made it profitable.
Repairing one injustice while ignoring the other leaves the truth unfinished.
This is not about division.
It is about honesty.
a country that refuses to repair its foundation will continue repeating its damage.
How We Can Pay for It
Justice is often called impossible while billions continue flowing upward.
Funding can come from:
Closing billionaire tax loopholes
Ending fossil fuel subsidies
Taxing Wall Street speculation
Recovering unused corporate subsidies
Cutting wasteful federal contracts
Redirecting wasteful spending into national repair
the united states government can afford justice.
What has been missing is political courage.
our Commitment
we believe justice must be more than symbolic.
It must mean returning:
land
opportunity
dignity
power
Because the people who have carried these truths for generations should not have to keep proving their pain.
They have already told us what justice looks like.
The question now is
whether this country is
finally
ready to act on it.
