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Resources on the ELCA Truth and Healing Movement / Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relation

ELCA Truth and Healing Movement Information and Events

ELCA’s 2021 “A Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to American Indian and Alaska Native People.”

ELCA’s “Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery” and read the brief summary of its context /intent

Watch the ELCA “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women” (MMIW) and Other Resource Videos

Regional work of our ELCA synods in relation to the National ELCA Indian Boarding School’s “Truth-Seeking and Truth-Telling Initiative”

Directly following this year’s Lutheran Studies conference is the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools on Sept 30, 2024, and Indigenous People’s Day on October 14, 2024.