Biden issues formal apology to Native Americans for Indian boarding schools - White House

Biden issues formal apology to Native Americans for Indian boarding schools - White House US President Joe Biden is offering a historic presidential apology to Native Americans for the US government’s role in running Indian boarding schools between 1819 to 1969, the White House said on Thursday. “The President also believes that to usher in the next era of the Federal-Tribal relationships we need to fully acknowledge the harms of the past. That is why he is issuing a historic Presidential apology for the Federal Indian Boarding School era,“ the White House said in a fact sheet. For over 150 years, the policy forcibly removed generations of native children from their homes to boarding schools, where they endured physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, the fact sheet said. At least 973 children died in these schools, the fact sheet noted, citing an investigative report by the Department of the Interior. “The federally-run Indian boarding school system was designed to assimilate Nativ... Source: Sputnik International