At least 973 Native American children died in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released…
The schools gave Native American kids English names, put them through military drills and forced them to perform manual labor, such as farming, brick-making and working on the railroad, officials said, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by Interior Department officials who called on the government to apologize for the schools.
“The federal government took deliberate and strategic action through boarding school policies to isolate children from their families, deny them their identities, and steal from them the languages, cultures, and connections that are foundational to Native people,” Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe in New Mexico and the country’s first Native American Cabinet secretary, said in a Tuesday call with reporters.
The schools gave Native American kids English names, put them through military drills and forced them to perform manual labor, such as farming, brick-making and working on the railroad, officials said. Haaland said she was personally “sorry beyond words,” but there should also be a formal apology from the federal government. She didn't say if she would push President Joe Biden to issue one.Interior Department officials also recommended that the government invest in programs that could help Native American communities heal from the traumas caused by boarding schools. That includes money for education, violence prevention and the revitalization of indigenous languages.
“These are stolen generations of children,” said Deborah Parker, CEO for the Minnesota-based group. “It's about time the federal government speak so honestly and candidly about the impact.”
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