The new monument will be in Carlisle, Pa., on what was the campus of a school where about 7,800 children from more than 140 tribes were sent for assimilation between 1879 to 1918.
President Biden is presented with a blanket by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland at the Tribal Nations Summit on Dec, 9, 2024.President Biden on Monday announced a new national monument to tell the story of the more than 400 boarding schools where tens of thousands of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children were sent for assimilation.
for the Indian boarding schools in October, calling it one of the"most horrific chapters in American history." He announced the new monument during the White House Tribal Nations Summit.The monument will be located in Carlisle, Pa., on what was the campus of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School — part of the U.S. Army's Carlisle Barracks — and will be managed by the National Park Service and the U.S. Army.
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