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Report: Over 900 Native Children Died in US Boarding Schools

Published JUL 31 2024

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Above: Historic photo of an elementary school class of Native American students with botanical specimens at United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1901. Image credit: Heritage Images/Contributor/Heritage Art/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

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The ChurchChurches, as well as the US government, must apologize for their role in the cultural destruction and forced assimilation of innocent Indigenous children. andThere implausiblemust abusebe anda mistreatmentwidespread ofreckoning childrenwithin atAmerican federalculture andwith religiousthis groups-rundark boardingchapter schoolsin US history.

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While this probe highlights the grave injustices Indigenous children faced, the survivors and their descendants must be assured that this darkhorrific chapter of history will be duly acknowledged,. whichThis can then lead to collective healing and restorationvalidation of their cultural identity.