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The Wider Image: Native American survivors of alleged boarding school sex abuse want justice

Nation Dec 26

Investigation reveals higher death toll at Native American boarding schools

By William Brangham, Jackson Hudgins

Nation Oct 25

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks in Gila River Indian Community
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Biden issues ‘long overdue’ apology for federal Indigenous boarding schools

President Biden apologized for a U.S. policy that forcibly separated generations of Indigenous children from their families and sent them to boarding schools for forced assimilation into white society. An investigation uncovered abuse at the schools and the deaths of…

By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas, Azhar Merchant

Politics Oct 24

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks in Gila River Indian Community
WATCH: Biden makes historic apology for ‘sin’ of U.S. role in deadly Indigenous boarding schools

No president has ever formally apologized for the forced removal of Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children — an element of genocide as defined by the United Nations — or any other aspect of the U.S. government’s decimation…

By Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press

Nation Sep 06

history
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Research uncovers role of churches and religious groups in Indigenous boarding schools

For more than a century, hundreds of thousands of Native American children were forced to attend boarding schools. Those schools stripped children of their identities and cultures. Deaths are estimated to be in the thousands as they suffered abuse, neglect,…

By Stephanie Sy, Dorothy Hastings

Nation Jul 11

The Wider Image: Native American survivors of alleged boarding school sex abuse want justice
Search for children’s remains resumes at former Native American boarding school in Nebraska

If the dig reveals human remains, the State Archeology Office will continue to work with the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs to decide on next steps.

By Trisha Ahmed, Charlie Neibergall, Associated Press

Jul 28

Pope’s apology to Indigenous peoples for abuse at residential schools insufficient, Canada says

By Nicole Winfield, Rob Gillies, Associated Press

The government’s criticism echoes those of survivors and concern Francis’ omission of any reference to the sexual abuse suffered by Indigenous children in the schools, as well as his refusal to name the Catholic Church as an institution bearing any…

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May 12

WATCH: Abuse common at government boarding schools for Indigenous children, survivors say

By News Desk

The Indigenous House subcommittee holds a hearing on Thursday on the Indian Boarding School Act.

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