At least 408 federal Native American boarding schools were run in the US and hundreds of students died, an Interior Department report says
Business InsiderJUL 2022
The Church, as well as the US government, must apologize for their role in the cultural destruction and forced assimilation of innocent children and implausible abuse and mistreatment of children at federal and religious groups-run boarding schools.
While this probe highlights the grave injustices Indigenous children faced, the survivors and their descendants must be assured that this dark chapter of history will be duly acknowledged, which can lead to collective healing and restoration of their cultural identity.