Forced assimilation and abuse: How US boarding schools devastated Native American tribes

Associated Press

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Biden is expected to issue an historic apology Friday for the 150-year government effort to break up Native American culture, language and identity by forcing children into abusive boarding schools. A federal investigation found that Native children at these schools endured physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. At least 973 died. The last of the schools closed or transitioned into different institutions decades ago, but their dark legacy still harms tribal communities where survivors struggle with generational trauma. Tribes are still trying to repatriate the remains of their children.