The Senate Indian Affairs Committee yesterday approved a resolution apologizing to Native Americans for years of "depredations and ill-conceived policies by the federal government."  They did that last year, too, but it died in the House.  We'll see what happens this year.

The thing is, they can apologize all they want, but it would be better if they did something about it.   I could not say it better than the following excerpt from the article:

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., who has advocated more help for Indians, said he'd probably vote for the resolution if it came before the Senate. But he thinks tribes need immediate help in the form of more police officers and other services to combat recent crime waves.

Obama and Eric Holder -- the ones responsible for the services -- were, of course, silent on the issue.  As usual.  And BTW, this is not a partisan issue.  We never heard that much from the Bush Administration, either.  OTOH, the Bush Administration did not go around lecturing us on how they were all enlightened so they could lecture everybody else about how terrible everyone else was about racism.  

It is discouraging to read the comments to the linked article.  The vast majority of them are nothing short of disgraceful.  But good on Thune for standing up to those blowhards and pointing out that the feds should be doing something positive rather than just talking about it.