“THE SCRIBBLER: Amish ask for forgiveness from Native Americans”
“The Amish apology follows a series of reconciliation meetings in Lancaster County between various Christian groups and American Indians. A group of Lancaster Mennonites began the process more than a decade ago.
Melvin Lapp, of New Holland, organized the event. MaryAnn Robins, president of Circle Legacy, a Native American advocacy group in Lancaster, helped with planning. Lapp was raised in an Amish family. Robins is a leader of the Onondaga tribe.
As pacifists, the Amish did not fight American Indians, but they did take their land for their farms. They asked forgiveness for that passivity in the face of Native American deprivation…
In addition to the Amish reconciliation effort, some Native Americans apologized to other tribes for mistreating them. This effort was as significant to meeting participants as the Amish apology.”
That is so beautiful and healing.
