At least 408 federal Native American boarding schools were run in the US and hundreds of students died, an Interior Department report says
Business InsiderMAR 14 2022
A probe has found that at least 973 Native American children died between 1819 and 1969 in US boarding schools meant to forcibly assimilate them into white society.
The US Interior Department found at least 74 marked and unmarked burial sites at 65 former schools. The actual number of deaths may reportedly be higher.
The dead included native Alaskans and Hawaiians, said the report commissioned by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, recommending an official apology.